Mapping the Terrain and Avoiding the Minefield: identifying the antagonistic constructions and socio-emotional motives of climate change contrarianism in the United States
Since climate change reached public attention in the US, contrarian platforms have successfully established a counter-narrative to plant an illusion of deep controversy around the reality of climate change, effectively reproduced in conservative media. Despite growing scientific knowledge, a trend of enhanced, rather than decreasing, affiliation to contrarianism is paradoxically evident in the US.