The many obstacles to productive climate change communication necessitate new approaches. Based on science communication strategies that promote engagement rather than knowledge transfer, we assigned participants (N = 329) to randomized chat groups that discussed similarities between group members (intimacy condition) or information about climate change (information condition). This study combined Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) and rhetorical analysis and found that groups in the intimacy condition were more likely to exhibit commonality than groups in the information condition. This study offers practical strategies for having productive discussions on controversial scientific topics such as climate change.

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建立亲密关系和同质性对关于气候变化解决方案的小组讨论的影响

有效的气候变化交流的许多障碍需要新的方法。基于促进参与而不是知识转移的科学传播策略，我们将参与者（N = 329）分配到随机聊天组，讨论组成员之间的相似性（亲密条件）或有关气候变化的信息（信息条件）。本研究将语言探究与字数统计（LIWC）与修辞分析相结合，发现亲密条件下的群体比信息条件下的群体更可能表现出共性。这项研究为就气候变化等有争议的科学话题进行富有成效的讨论提供了实用的策略。