環境科学者のアクティビズムの信頼性のリスクのナビゲーション 環境科学者のアクティビズムの信頼性のリスクのナビゲーション
J Lukas Thürmer1,2,3, Jeremias Braid4, Sean M McCrea5
1Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. lukas.thuermer@plus.ac.at.
Communications psychology
|February 21, 2026
まとめ
アクティビズムに従事する環境科学者は,ネガティブな認識に直面することがあります. 研究によると,アクティビズムは,認知された能力をわずかに低下させ,偽善感を高め,科学に対する公衆の信頼に影響を及ぼします.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- 気候科学 気候科学
- サイエンス・コミュニケーション
背景:
- 環境科学者がアクティビズムに参加すべきかどうかについての議論は進行中です.
- アクティビズムの潜在的利益は,公衆の認識に対する負の影響によって相殺される可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 環境科学者がアクティビズムに従事した結果について調査する.
- 科学者の能力,偽善,説得力に対する大衆の認識に対する活動主義の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 虚構の気候科学者のプロフィールの参加者評価を用いた2つの研究が行われました.
- 参加者は,アクティビストと非アクティビストと表現された科学者を評価した.
- 研究1は従来の活動主義,研究2は市民的不服従を対象とした.
主要な成果:
- 従来の活動主義に従事する科学者は,少し無能で偽善的だと見なされた.
- 市民的不服従の活動主義は,能力の低下と偽善の増大の認識につながった.
- アクティビズムは,科学者に対する認識と,その分野に対する信頼を否定的に影響した.
結論:
- アクティビズムへの参加は,環境科学者のための小さな,しかし一貫したコストを負う.
- アクティビズムは,科学者の能力と信頼性に対する公衆の認識を損なう可能性があります.
- この発見は,科学者のための活動主義と公衆の認識の間のトレードオフを示唆しています.
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