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Mutually Reinforcing or Excluding? How Compatibility Perceptions of Economy and Environment Link to Issue-Related Attitudes and Media Use

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: With growing discussions about the possible contribution of economic growth to increasingly severe environmental crises, scholars have called for greater attention to public opinion on the possible tradeoffs between continuous growths and protecting the environment. While ample research investigates public opinion on the environment-economy dilemma, so far, the role of the media environment has not been considered. Using a scale for perceived compatibility of economic growth and environmental protection, we study how compatibility perceptions relate to individual attitudes about economic growth and environmental protection as well as to individual media consumption. Our results based on a representative survey among Dutch citizens (N = 1,863) indicate opposing mechanisms stemming from economic and environmental factors with an overall greater importance of the latter. We discuss the need to further explore the role of media for compatibility perceptions.

Source: International Journal of Public Opinion Research

DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edaf020

Authors: Anke Wonneberger, Rachid Azrout, Mingxi Sun, Jeroen Jonkman

Institution: University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Education and Sustainability

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,121

Funder: Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam