TY - JOUR
T1 - Engaging the dismissive
T2 - An assessment of humor-based strategies to support global warming action
AU - McKasy, Meaghan
AU - Cacciatore, Michael A.
AU - Yeo, Sara K.
AU - Zhang, Jennifer Shiyue
AU - Cook, John
AU - Olaleye, Rhoda
AU - Su, Leona Yi Fan
N1 - The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation (grant no. DRL-1906864). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - This study aims to understand the influence of mirth, anger, and hope, as elicited by messages with different humor types, on support for global warming action, and the potential moderating role of individual climate concern. Although mirth did not significantly vary across the different stimuli, the analysis found that climate concern moderated the influence of hope on support for global warming actions. The implications of these findings, especially for respondents who were least supportive of actions to combat global warming, are discussed.
AB - This study aims to understand the influence of mirth, anger, and hope, as elicited by messages with different humor types, on support for global warming action, and the potential moderating role of individual climate concern. Although mirth did not significantly vary across the different stimuli, the analysis found that climate concern moderated the influence of hope on support for global warming actions. The implications of these findings, especially for respondents who were least supportive of actions to combat global warming, are discussed.
KW - climate change
KW - emotion
KW - global warming
KW - mirth
KW - science humor
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U2 - 10.1177/09636625231186785
DO - 10.1177/09636625231186785
M3 - Article
C2 - 37572013
AN - SCOPUS:85167812126
SN - 0963-6625
VL - 33
SP - 227
EP - 240
JO - Public Understanding of Science
JF - Public Understanding of Science
IS - 2
ER -