The Pope, Politics, and Climate Change:

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" The Pope, Politics, and Climate Change: "
Jessica Gall Myrick, Suzannah Evans Comfort

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082556
Doc. No	:	LA126185
Call No	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00802003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jessica Gall Myrick
	:	Suzannah Evans Comfort
Title & Author	:	The Pope, Politics, and Climate Change: [Article] : An Experimental Test of the Influence of News about Pope Francis on American Climate Change Attitudes and Intentions\ Jessica Gall Myrick, Suzannah Evans Comfort
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/2
Page No	:	226–245
Abstract	:	News coverage of climate change has expanded beyond a focus on science to include stories relating the topic to religion, particularly following Pope Francis’ 2015 call for Catholics to address climate change as a moral responsibility. We tested how effective Pope Francis is as a messenger on the topic of climate change. A 2 (Pope: present or absent in the story) X 2 (news story topic: climate change or poverty) between-subjects experiment (N = 415) revealed that politically Independent participants reported more negative attitudes and lower behavioral intentions when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not. Also, Catholic Democrats reported stronger climate change policy support when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not, but Catholic Independents were more supportive when the Pope was not featured, regardless of topic. Results suggest religion and politics intersect to shape responses to climate messengers.
Descriptor	:	Catholicism
Descriptor	:	climate change
Descriptor	:	digital news
Descriptor	:	environmental communication
Descriptor	:	morality
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Sociology of Religion
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00802003‬