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TRUST IN SCIENTISTS SPLITS ALONG PARTISAN LINES - HuffPollster: "Americans' trust in scientists is deeply split along partisan lines, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.
At the same time, Ipsos Mori also shows an alarming loss of trust in scientists.
He imagines a corresponding wave of negative media coverage and loss of trust in scientists.
That aligns with research showing that watching Fox News or listening to Rush Limbaugh decreases viewer trust in scientists.
In fact, a study in 2013 found that conservative media consumption decreases viewer trust in scientists and belief that global warming is happening.
Moreover, much of the public seems to have little trust in media, much trust in scientists, and is more receptive to information that acknowledges uncertainty.
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On the issue of trust in actors involved in risk communication and risk management, overall three groups can be distinguished: Highest trust: in general practitioners, scientists, environmental organisations Moderate trust: in governmental authorities, the media Lowest trust: in polluters, politicians These results on trust to a large extent match results from the Eurobarometer [ 30].
As in London's times, the study illustrated that the public placed trust mainly in scientists rather than in political authorities and states, which were thought to be partly ineffective (15 ).
Those who are most concerned about climate change have a very high degree of trust in climate scientists, while those who doubt or dismiss climate change as a phenomenon are strongly distrustful of climate scientists and scientists in general.
Cook's result appears consistent with the new study published in Public Understanding of Science, which found that exposure to conservative media decreases trust in climate scientists.
He denies any suggestion that he manipulated or withheld data, but people on all sides of the debate agree that the affair has dented the public's trust in climate scientists.
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