Global Warming Scare Tactics - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
But there is every reason to believe that efforts to raise public concern about climate change by linking it to natural disasters will backfire. More than a decade’s worth of research suggests that fear-based appeals about climate change inspire denial, fatalism and polarization.
Messages focused on extreme weather events, they found, made many Americans more likely to view climate change as an act of God — something to be weathered, not prevented.
One recent study, published by Yale Law School’s Cultural Cognition Project, found that conservatives become less skeptical about global warming if they first read articles suggesting nuclear energy or geoengineering as solutions. Another study, in the journal Nature Climate Change in 2012, concluded that “communication should focus on how mitigation efforts can promote a better society” rather than “on the reality of climate change and averting its risks.”
Même si la conclusion (pro-nucléaire et géo-engineering) est très (très) discutable, il est intéressant de voir réfuter l’approche par la peur.