The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism
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Resumo: | A growing body of research points to the role social norms may play in both maintaining carbon intensive lifestyles and soliciting changes towards more sustainable ways of living. However, despite highlighting the importance of pro-environmental social norms, such literature has said far less about the processes by which such norms might develop. We present a new approach to conceptualising social norms that focuses on understanding their dynamics within social interaction, by positioning interpersonal confrontation as a potential mechanism of change. We examine the normative dynamics of environmentalism by comparing the costs of interpersonally confronting climate change disregard with those associated with confronting racism. In two experimental studies, we presented participants with scenarios describing a person confronting (versus not confronting) contentious comments in each domain. We identified social costs to interpersonal confrontation of climate change disregard but not racism, as indicated by reduced ratings of perceived warmth of and closeness to the confronter (Study 1), and this effect was mediated by the perceived morality of the issue in question (Study 2). Our findings highlight how wider social constructions of (im)morality around climate change impact upon social interactions in ways that have important implications for processes of social (and ultimately environmental) change. |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activismClimate changeSocial changeMoralitySocial normsPersuasion/social influenceInterpersonal activismA growing body of research points to the role social norms may play in both maintaining carbon intensive lifestyles and soliciting changes towards more sustainable ways of living. However, despite highlighting the importance of pro-environmental social norms, such literature has said far less about the processes by which such norms might develop. We present a new approach to conceptualising social norms that focuses on understanding their dynamics within social interaction, by positioning interpersonal confrontation as a potential mechanism of change. We examine the normative dynamics of environmentalism by comparing the costs of interpersonally confronting climate change disregard with those associated with confronting racism. In two experimental studies, we presented participants with scenarios describing a person confronting (versus not confronting) contentious comments in each domain. We identified social costs to interpersonal confrontation of climate change disregard but not racism, as indicated by reduced ratings of perceived warmth of and closeness to the confronter (Study 1), and this effect was mediated by the perceived morality of the issue in question (Study 2). Our findings highlight how wider social constructions of (im)morality around climate change impact upon social interactions in ways that have important implications for processes of social (and ultimately environmental) change.Elsevier2018-04-19T12:02:28Z2017-01-01T00:00:00Z20172019-03-25T18:42:20Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/15654eng0959-378010.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.01.008Steentjes, K.Kurz, T.Barreto, M.Morton, T. A.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:55:44Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/15654Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:28:27.380530Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism Steentjes, K. Climate change Social change Morality Social norms Persuasion/social influence Interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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The norms associated with climate change: understanding social norms through acts of interpersonal activism |
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Steentjes, K. |
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Steentjes, K. Kurz, T. Barreto, M. Morton, T. A. |
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Kurz, T. Barreto, M. Morton, T. A. |
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Steentjes, K. Kurz, T. Barreto, M. Morton, T. A. |
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Climate change Social change Morality Social norms Persuasion/social influence Interpersonal activism |
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Climate change Social change Morality Social norms Persuasion/social influence Interpersonal activism |
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A growing body of research points to the role social norms may play in both maintaining carbon intensive lifestyles and soliciting changes towards more sustainable ways of living. However, despite highlighting the importance of pro-environmental social norms, such literature has said far less about the processes by which such norms might develop. We present a new approach to conceptualising social norms that focuses on understanding their dynamics within social interaction, by positioning interpersonal confrontation as a potential mechanism of change. We examine the normative dynamics of environmentalism by comparing the costs of interpersonally confronting climate change disregard with those associated with confronting racism. In two experimental studies, we presented participants with scenarios describing a person confronting (versus not confronting) contentious comments in each domain. We identified social costs to interpersonal confrontation of climate change disregard but not racism, as indicated by reduced ratings of perceived warmth of and closeness to the confronter (Study 1), and this effect was mediated by the perceived morality of the issue in question (Study 2). Our findings highlight how wider social constructions of (im)morality around climate change impact upon social interactions in ways that have important implications for processes of social (and ultimately environmental) change. |
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