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The Impact of Uncertainty Cue Perception on the Acceptance of Microplastic Policy: Focusing on the Moderating Roles of Trust in Government and Cultural Worldviews
Summary
Researchers investigated how uncertainty cues influence public acceptance of microplastic risk policies in South Korea, surveying 1,000 adults nationally and using hierarchical regression analysis. They found that perceiving uncertainty through 'majority opinion' and 'research quality' cues significantly reduced policy acceptance, with government trust and cultural worldviews moderating this relationship.
이 연구의 목적은 미세플라스틱 위험의 불확실성을 사람들이 어떤 단서를 통해 느끼고, 불확실성 단서 인식 이 정책수용에 어떤 영향을 미치는가를 탐색하는 데 있다. 이 과정에서 정부 신뢰와 문화적 세계관이 불확실성 단서 인식과 정책수용의 관계를 조절하는지 살펴보았다. 전국 만 19세 이상 성인 남녀 1,000명을 대상으로 한 설문조사로 수집한 데이터를 위계적 회귀분석으로 분석하였다. 그 결과, 미세플라스틱 정책수용에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것은 단서 6번 다수의견(vote-counting)과 단서 7번 연구품질(research quality)로 나타났다. 구체적으로, 두 단서를 통해 미세플라스틱 위험이 불확실하다고 생각하는 사람일수록 미세플라스틱 관련 정책을 덜 수용하는 것으로 분석되었다. 한편, 정부 신뢰와 문화적 세계관에 따라 정책수용에 미치는 영향이 다르게 나타나 조절효과가 유의한 것으로 관찰되었다. 마지막으로 위험 커뮤니케이션 전략 관점에서 환경정책의 수용을 촉진하기 위한 제언을 하였다.
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