Partisanship and anti-elite worldviews as correlates of science and health beliefs in the multi-party system of Spain.

Spälti, Anna Katharina; Lyons, Benjamin; Stoeckel, Florian; Stöckli, Sabrina; Szewach, Paula; Mérola, Vittorio; Stednitz, Christine; López González, Paola; Reifler, Jason (2023). Partisanship and anti-elite worldviews as correlates of science and health beliefs in the multi-party system of Spain. Public understanding of science (Bristol, England), 32(6), pp. 761-780. Sage 10.1177/09636625231154131

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In a national sample of 5087 Spaniards, we examine the prevalence of 10 specific misperceptions over five separate science and health domains (climate change, 5G technology, genetically modified foods, vaccines, and homeopathy). We find that misperceptions about genetically modified foods and general health risks of 5G technology are particularly widespread. While we find that partisan affiliation is not strongly associated with any of the misperceptions aside from climate change, we find that two distinct dimensions of an anti-elite worldview-anti-expert and conspiratorial mindsets-are better overall predictors of having science and health misperceptions in the Spanish context. These findings help extend our understanding of polarization around science beyond the most common contexts (e.g. the United States) and support recent work suggesting anti-elite sentiments are among the most important predictors of factual misperceptions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Innovation Management > Consumer Behavior
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Other Institutions > Teaching Staff, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Stöckli, Sabrina (A)

Subjects:

600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

1361-6609

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

16 Mar 2023 13:27

Last Modified:

11 Jan 2024 16:09

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/09636625231154131

PubMed ID:

36919002

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Spain anti-elite worldview health misperceptions partisanship science

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/180193

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/180193

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