Attitude Change in Competitive Framing Environments? Open-/Closed-Mindedness, Framing Effects, and Climate Change

摘要: Framing scholarship on policy issues has primarily focused how competitive message environments alter framing effects or individual differences moderate the impact of frames. This study combines both these focal areas by examining open/closed-mindedness moderates about climate change within and noncompetitive contexts. Contrary to previous scholarship, our experimental finds attitudes in condition, but not condition. The found condition were contingent upon open-/closed-mindedness. Analysis shows that open-/closed-mindedness influences part altering frame exposure perceived costs benefits government policies. doi:10.1111/jcom.12040 Over last 20years, a significant amount field communication investigated influence framed messages audience behaviors. However, an emerging critique much this research questions its external validity, as participants are typically exposed single-sided do realistically model environmentsinwhichmostindividualsareembedded.Thereiscurrentlyadearthof may operate differently compared environments. Furthermore, date, scant examined processing aims address gaps literature framingmayinfluencesupportforclimatemitigationpoliciesinbothcompetitiveand we evaluate