Table 2. Global Warming Issue Involvement by Audience Segment.
Survey Questions | Audience Segment | Scale Points | |||||
Alarmed | Con-cerned | Cautious | Dis-engaged | Doubtful | Dis-missive | ||
14. Rating of global warming (good = 1 to bad = 6) | 5.72 | 5.31 | 4.35 | 4.04 | 3.66 | 3.19 | 6 |
15. Worry about global warming | 3.65 | 3.08 | 2.44 | 2.31 | 1.56 | 1.12 | 4 |
16. Thought given to global warming | 3.65 | 2.75 | 2.22 | 1.71 | 2.19 | 2.82 | 4 |
17. Need for information (4 = low need) | 2.74 | 2.16 | 1.89 | 1.60 | 2.50 | 3.58 | 4 |
18. Personal importance of issue | 4.44 | 3.39 | 2.59 | 2.54 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 4 |
19. Unwilling to change opinion | 3.77 | 2.95 | 2.41 | 2.16 | 3.02 | 3.69 | 5 |
20. Personally experienced global warming | 2.92 | 2.26 | 1.95 | 1.96 | 1.52 | 1.19 | 4 |
21. Global warming discussion frequency | 3.02 | 2.36 | 1.86 | 1.29 | 1.88 | 2.05 | 4 |
22. Friends share views on global warming | 3.59 | 2.71 | 2.21 | 1.65 | 2.85 | 3.61 | 5 |
(p<.001 for all differences).