Six Americas Articles

Global Warming’s Six Americas, September 2021

January 12, 2022 Our prior research has found that Americans can be categorized into six distinct groups—Global Warming’s Six Americas—based on their beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and behavior about climate change. The Alarmed are the most engaged, are very...

Engaging Diverse Audiences with Climate Change: Message Strategies for Global Warming’s Six Americas

This chapter will appear in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication, Second Edition, Anders Hansen & Robert Cox (editors). Global climate change is viewed from a variety of perspectives by Americans, with some dismissing the danger,...

Understanding the health harms of climate change: A Six Americas analysis

By Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward Maibach, Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth Rosenthal, and John Kotcher Through our research on Americans’ beliefs and attitudes about climate change, we have identified six distinct audiences, ranging on a spectrum from the Alarmed, who...

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