Remembering and Communicating Climate Change Narratives - The Influence of World Views on Selective Recollection.

ABSTRACT: We examine how people remember stories about climate change and how they communicate these stories to others. Drawing on theories of reconstructive memory and cultural theory, we assume that recollection is systematically affected by an individual's world view as well as by the world view of the target audience. In an experimental study with a Norwegian representative sample (N = 266), participants read a story about three politicians, in which each protagonist was described as holding a specific world view and as trying to tackle climate change with a corresponding strategy (individualistic/free market oriented, hierarchical/technology-oriented, or egalitarian/sustainability-oriented). After 1 day and then after 1 week, participants were asked to retell the story as if to somebody

SUBMITTER: Bohm G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514186 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature