Normative Framing and Public Attitudes toward Biofuels Policies

Framing market‐based versus regulatory climate policies: A comparative analysis

“…Research has established that strategic framing is an important determinant of a policy's political viability. Consistent with this body of research, we follow Entman (1993, 52) by defining frames as statements that “select some aspects of a perceived reality and make them more salient… to promote a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation.” Substantial research has demonstrated that different frames can influence public attitudes on a wide range of public policies (Bali, 2009; Chong & Druckman, 2007; Clarke et al, 2015; Nelson et al, 1997; Raymond & Delshad, 2015), although the size of those effects may vary across studies (Amsalem & Zoizner, 2020). Another line of research shows how frames are also important to facilitating political mobilization (Benford & Snow, 2000) and actual policy change (Karapin, 2020; Rabe, 2018; Raymond, 2016).…”

Models of Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviors in Environmental Communication

“…(1) Morality: Issues of the environment are often depicted as a question of right and wrong -as essentially moral questions ( Markowitz & Shariff, 2012). Accordingly, presentations of the environment in media content or communication campaigns mirror such moral aspects (Dannenber g et al, 2012;Laksa, 2014;Raymond, & Delshad, 2016). Moral media content is directly compatible with pro-social models of environmental behavior like the NAM or the VBN.…”

Does city or state make a difference? The effects of policy framing on public attitude toward a solar energy program

“…Some argue that individuals are willing to take actions when motivated by self-interest, such as acquiring economic benefits (Lindenberg & Steg, 2014;Spence et al, 2014) or facing lower financial barriers (Rabe, 2004;Lane & Potter, 2007;Caird, Roy, & Herring, 2008;Lanzini & Thogersen, 2014;Grillos, 2017). Alternatively, recent studies have found that climate concerns and benefits could outweigh the monetary cost of mitigation actions (Tobler, Visschers, & Siegrist, 2012;Bolderdijk et al, 2013;Steinhorst, Christian, & Matthies, 2015;Raymond & Delshad, 2016). We seek to shed new light on these contradictory findings by introducing an important moderator-the psychological distance between citizens and policy programs.…”

“…key question is whether economic (e.g., Spence, Leygue, Bedwell, & O'Malley, 2014;Grillos, 2017) or environmental benefits (e.g., Bolderdijk, Steg, Geller, Lehman, & Postmes, 2013;Raymond & Delshad, 2016) are the major determinants that persuade people to adopt pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. To date, previous studies have provided inconclusive and sometimes contradictory findings with respect to how the perception of economic or environmental benefits influences citizens' attitudes and behaviors.…”