Abstract The purpose of this study was to understand the similarities and differences between climate change deniers and believers’ knowledge, news media consumption, and trust in related information sources. Using surveys conducted among 310 climate change-denying American adults, and 337 climate change believers, this study investigated these points with a few surprising results. As expected, climate change deniers displayed significantly lower levels of trust in the scientific community and the EPA than did climate change believers. Furthermore, commonly noted points of attack used by climate change disinformation efforts were found to have been accepted by climate change deniers, and disturbingly, in some cases by climate change believers as well. Implications for public relations scholars and practitioners are discussed (117 words).

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了解气候变化否认者与信徒的知识、媒体使用和对相关信息来源的信任之间的差异

摘要 本研究的目的是了解气候变化否认者与信徒的知识、新闻媒体消费和对相关信息来源的信任之间的异同。通过对 310 名否认气候变化的美国成年人和 337 名气候变化信徒进行的调查，这项研究调查了这些要点，并得出了一些令人惊讶的结果。正如预期的那样，气候变化否认者对科学界和 EPA 的信任程度明显低于气候变化信徒。此外，气候变化虚假信息工作使用的常见攻击点已被气候变化否认者接受，令人不安的是，在某些情况下，气候变化信徒也接受。讨论了对公共关系学者和从业者的影响（117 字）。