Information, Misinformation and the Climate Change Debate

Inoculating the Public against Misinformation about Climate Change

public understanding of the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change can be protected (“inoculated”) against influential misinformation. Results from a large survey experiment indicate that public perceptions of the scientific consensus can be effectively inoculated against misinformation across the political spectrum. S. van der Linden,* A. Leiserowitz, S. Rosenthal, E. Maibach .......

Margaret McCartney: Misinformation in the EU debate.

I like facts, and I love evidence—bring it on. “Official information about the referendum,” says one leaflet, pushed through the door because I’m “someone who cares about the future of Scotland and fair access to public services.” A sum equivalent to building a new hospital, £350m (€442m; $496m), is spent each week on our EU membership. Five new countries are “in the queue” to join the European...

The Limits of Knowledge and the Climate Change Debate

Cato Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Fall 2016). Copyright © Cato Institute. All rights reserved. Brian J. L. Berry is the Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, and former Dean of the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, at the University of Texas at Dallas. Jayshree Bihari is an independent scholar with a PhD in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas. Euel Elliott is Pr...

The Environmental Security Debate and Its Significance for Climate Change

Conceptual Relationships and Diffusion Model of Information, Misinformation and Disinformation

Background and Aim: Proper management of the information process requires considering various definitions and combinations of the term "information". The purpose of this study was to clarify the concepts of information, misinformation and disinformation, and to better understand the ways of sharing, differentiation and relationships between them, and to explain the patterns and motivations for ...