"Public misperception" refers to a situation where people have a mistaken or incorrect understanding of something that is widely known or believed by others.
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There is ample evidence for an association between
public misperceptions of climate science and people's preferred news outlets (Ramsay et al., 2010); people who preferentially get their news from Fox are most likely to be incorrectly informed about the state of climate science and in particular the consensus among climate scientists.
Offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty, not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and
public misperception of how the whole thing works.
At Premier Pet Relocation, we love and respect all breeds of dog, regardless of
public misperception.
Montford republished a quote in which I discussed reducing
the public misperception about the scientific consensus on human - caused global warming.
His new experiment, conducted in May, illustrates what he says is
a public misperception about global warming.