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DOI	10.1002/wcc.665
	Online misinformation about climate change
	Treen K.M.D.; Williams H.T.P.; O'Neill S.J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	1757-7780
卷号	11 期号:5
英文摘要	Policymakers, scholars, and practitioners have all called attention to the issue of misinformation in the climate change debate. But what is climate change misinformation, who is involved, how does it spread, why does it matter, and what can be done about it? Climate change misinformation is closely linked to climate change skepticism, denial, and contrarianism. A network of actors are involved in financing, producing, and amplifying misinformation. Once in the public domain, characteristics of online social networks, such as homophily, polarization, and echo chambers—characteristics also found in climate change debate—provide fertile ground for misinformation to spread. Underlying belief systems and social norms, as well as psychological heuristics such as confirmation bias, are further factors which contribute to the spread of misinformation. A variety of ways to understand and address misinformation, from a diversity of disciplines, are discussed. These include educational, technological, regulatory, and psychological-based approaches. No single approach addresses all concerns about misinformation, and all have limitations, necessitating an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this multifaceted issue. Key research gaps include understanding the diffusion of climate change misinformation on social media, and examining whether misinformation extends to climate alarmism, as well as climate denial. This article explores the concepts of misinformation and disinformation and defines disinformation to be a subset of misinformation. A diversity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary literature is reviewed to fully interrogate the concept of misinformation—and within this, disinformation—particularly as it pertains to climate change. This article is categorized under:. Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Communication. © 2020 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
英文关键词	denial; disinformation; misinformation; skepticism; social media
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Social networking (online); Belief systems; Confirmation bias; On-line social networks; Policy makers; Public domains; Research gaps; Social media; Social norm; Climate change; climate change; perception; psychology; social media; social network
来源期刊	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/142277
作者单位	Computer Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Treen K.M.D.,Williams H.T.P.,O'Neill S.J.. Online misinformation about climate change[J],2020,11(5).
APA	Treen K.M.D.,Williams H.T.P.,&O'Neill S.J..(2020).Online misinformation about climate change.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,11(5).
MLA	Treen K.M.D.,et al."Online misinformation about climate change".Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 11.5(2020).