@article{8e0ec0d63bf243b0a625e727010b21c2,
title = "The Power of Being Transported: Efficacy Beliefs, Risk Perceptions, and Political Affiliation in the Context of Climate Change",
abstract = "We evaluated the short-term effects of transportation on efficacy beliefs and risk perceptions after exposure to a climate change documentary. Data were collected in randomized laboratory (N = 624) and online (N = 1,391) experiments. Participants watched one episode of Years of Living Dangerously or a control video. Regression analyses assessed whether narrative transportation and/or political affiliation were predictive of outcomes. Transportation and political affiliation were significantly associated with efficacy beliefs and risk perceptions (p <.001). A significant transportation by political party interaction for efficacy beliefs (p <.01) and risk perceptions (p <.01) indicated that cross-party differences could be mitigated by higher levels of transportation.",
keywords = "climate change, efficacy, risk perception, transportation, video",
author = "Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco and Rimal, {Rajiv N.} and Sabrina McCormick and Harrington, {Cherise B.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was partially supported by a grant from the Children{\textquoteright}s Investment Fund Foundation. The authors would like to thank and express their gratitude for the research assistants Laura Wagstaff, Madelyn Shafer, Amandeep Kaur, Hagere Yilma, Tiffany Daniels, and Ans Irfan, and study coordinator Hina Shaikh for their efforts in supporting early components of some of this work. The authors would finally like to thank the reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, which helped to further improve the final form of this manuscript. Funding Information: This research was partially supported by a grant from the Children?s Investment Fund Foundation. The authors would like to thank and express their gratitude for the research assistants Laura Wagstaff, Madelyn Shafer, Amandeep Kaur, Hagere Yilma, Tiffany Daniels, and Ans Irfan, and study coordinator Hina Shaikh for their efforts in supporting early components of some of this work. The authors would finally like to thank the reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, which helped to further improve the final form of this manuscript. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was supported by an evaluation research grant from the Children?s Investment Fund Foundation. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1075547020951794",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "776--802",
journal = "Science Communication",
issn = "1075-5470",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "6",
}