Climate Change Perceptions at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract
This study seeks to explore perceptions of climate change of students at UW-Madison by gauging demographics, political leanings, media influence, and exposure to climate change education. UW-Madison students tend to believe that climate change will be felt on a more global scale, but in greater percentages than non-students which is supported by the literature, that writes that people tend to see climate change as a phenomena that is spatially distant. Political affiliation tended to have more of an impact on perceptions of white respondents, but did not seem to reflect non-white respondents. Overall, this study found that students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have more critical and concerned perceptions of climate change that vary slightly.
Subject
Climate change
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/78995Description
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