The current study investigates how people respond to a climate science consensus statement embedded within a news article. Participants (N = 1,048) were randomly assigned to read a news article about climate change, read the same article with a scientific consensus message included, read a simple consensus statement, or a control condition. Participants in consensus conditions had increased perceptions of scientific agreement compared with those who did not receive consensus information. Moreover, the article was similarly effective as an overt consensus statement. However, neither consensus statement affected other climate change attitudes, suggesting the effect may be limited to consensus perceptions.

目前的研究调查了人们如何回应嵌入在新闻文章中的气候科学共识声明。参与者 ( N = 1,048) 被随机分配阅读有关气候变化的新闻文章、阅读包含科学共识信息的同一篇文章、阅读简单的共识声明或控制条件。与没有收到共识信息的参与者相比，共识条件下的参与者对科学一致性的看法有所增加。此外，该文章与公开的共识声明同样有效。然而，这两种共识声明都没有影响其他气候变化态度，这表明影响可能仅限于共识看法。