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A Mission for MARS: The Success of Climate Change Skeptic Rhetoric in the US
Alexander Rusersubject
050101 languages & linguisticsLinguistics and LanguageWhite (horse)Middle classHoaxCommunicationmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesGlobal warmingClimate changeEnvironmental ethics02 engineering and technologyCommitLanguage and Linguisticslcsh:Social Scienceslcsh:HPolitical scienceRhetoric0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200020201 artificial intelligence & image processing0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesmedia_commonSkepticismdescription
Radio and television broadcasters accuse climate scientists of “promoting a global warming hoax”, recommending that they be “named and fi red, drawn and quartered” (Rush Limbaugh); commit “hara kiri” (Glenn Beck); and be “publicly flogged” (Mark Morano). Conservative media are crucial in promoting climate skepticism. Likewise, climate skepticism resonates well with white middle-class men. But why does the middle class continue to support “radical” positions? This article focuses on Anti-Intellectualism to explain why climate skeptic rhetoric resonates with “Middle American Radicals” (MARS).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-06 |