Table 11 Heterogeneity test from the perspective of topography.

Test	Item	Plain			Mountains
Path test	Paths	NMU → WTUCE	EC → WTUCE	NMU → WTUCE	NMU → WTUCE	EC → WTUCE	NMU → WTUCE
	Coefficient	0.141	0.747***	0.782***	0.148	0.826***	0.644***
	SE	0.101	0.110	0.079	0.091	0.135	0.099
	CR	1.400	6.603	10.279	1.571	6.637	5.816
Intermediate effect test	Effects	Total effect	Direct effects	Indirect effects	Total effect	Direct effect	Indirect effects
	Paths	NMU → WTUCE	NMU → EC	NMU → EC → WTUCE	NMU → WTUCE	NMU → EC	NMU → EC → WTUCE
	Indirect coefficient	0.731	0.244	0.218	0.128	0.126	0.147
	Influence interval	[0.482, 0.837]	[0.270, 0.305]	[0.441, 1.047]	[0.445, 0.873]	[0.036, 0.380]	[0.325, 0.857]
	Results	Significant	Nonsignificant	Significant	Significant	Nonsignificant	Significant
	Mediating effect	Complete mediation			Complete mediation
Adjustable effect test	Variables	NMU	MT	NMU × MT	NMU	MT	NMU × MT
	Effect	0.2927***	0.4384***	0.014	0.2890**	0.2686**	0.0300*
	SE	0.073	0.058	0.012	0.105	0.099	0.015
	LLCI	0.149	0.323	0.037	0.079	0.071	0.059

“NMU” stands for “new media use,” “MT” stands for “media trust,” “EC” stands for “ecological cognition,” and “WTUCE” stands for “willingness to use clean energy.”
* Indicates significance at the 0.05 level; ** indicates significance at the 0.01 level; *** indicates significance at the 0.001 level.

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