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Prof of PR & enviro comm @CommUC | alum: Postdoc @YaleClimateComm + PhD @commUCSB | choosing cautious optimism | former beach vb athlete
Oct 6, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
🚨Just published: Our new report showing climate change opinions in the audiences of Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and others.
bit.ly/3lly1ZU

Overall, news audiences want more climate coverage, and Fox News viewers are notably divided.

Other important findings:
thread👇 Let's start with the basics. In all 6 news audiences we studied (incl. Fox), majorities think global warming is happening.

About 45% of the Fox News audience are "worried" about global warming. Far more are worried in the other 5 news audiences.

Seems encouraging! However...
May 9, 2019 7 tweets 5 min read
Thread: In just four months, there have been dramatic changes in Americans' awareness of and support for the Green New Deal.

Download full report with new findings from @YaleClimateComm and @Mason4C here: bit.ly/2LyiYiq

@AlexCKaufman @drvox @jswatz From early Dec 2018 to early April 2019, the proportion of registered voters who had heard at least "a little" about the GND more than TRIPLED from 17% to 59%.

Those who have heard "nothing at all" decreased by half (down from 82% to 41%).