The accuracy of German citizens’ confidence in their climate change knowledge
Whether citizens are able to reject false information about climate change may depend on their confidence in their existing knowledge. This study shows that German citizens are less confident in their climate change knowledge than they should be based on their actual knowledge.
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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9 September 2019
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Nature climate change
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 10, Pages: 776-780 |
| ISSN: | 1758-6798 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41558-019-0563-0 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0563-0 Verlag: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0563-0 
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| Author Notes: | Helen Fischer, Dorothee Amelung and Nadia Said |
| Summary: | Whether citizens are able to reject false information about climate change may depend on their confidence in their existing knowledge. This study shows that German citizens are less confident in their climate change knowledge than they should be based on their actual knowledge. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 07.11.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1758-6798 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41558-019-0563-0 |