Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272968 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 741
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
Transitioning to the green economy relies on new developments that may negatively affect people's localities and involve certain risks. This study investigates how people form opinions about such developments, using mineral exploration and mining as an example. A representative sample (N=1000) participated in a pre-registered online experiment where they were exposed to information supporting or opposing mining. We recorded a strong primacy effect: the information participants read first biased subsequent opinion. This effect was reinforced when people read counterargument that integrated information about both risks and benefits of mining and when they made a public stance.
Subjects: 
primacy effect
opinion formation
environment
climate crisis
energy crisis
place attachment
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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