#3346. The role of gender in peer-group perceptions of climate scientists’ media statements

July 2026publication date
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Developmental and Educational Psychology;
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Abstract:
This research explores whether environmental scientists perceive their male and female peers differently when making statements in the media including policy advocacy. Environmental scientists were provided with a media statement by a fictitious scientist containing a mixture of scientific information and advocacy, and asked to rate the statement against various attributes. The statements were randomly assigned to one of two male and two female scientists. Where the statements were attributed to a female scientist, male environmental scientists rated the fictitious scientist as significantly more ‘dramatic’ and ‘biased’ than their female counterparts did. These gendered attributes are typically held as contrary to the norms of science, suggesting an implicit bias among male scientists when reviewing their female peers’ media statements.
Keywords:
gender and science; media and science; science attitudes and perceptions; science communication; scientists - attitudes

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