Communicating climate change : the path forward /: the path forward. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susanna Priest, with contributions by Neil Stenhouse and Jessica Thompson.
• Authors: Priest, Susanna Hornig
• Other Names: Stenhouse, Neil contributor.; Thompson, Jessica (Jessica Leigh) contributor.
• Contents: Preface; About this Book; Contents; Chapter 1: The Communication Challenge of Our Century; Deficit Versus Dialogue; "Messaging" and the Unit of Analysis Problem; Strategic versus Democratic Goals; The Path Forward; Notes; References; Chapter 2: What's the Rush? Reacting to a Slow-Moving Disaster; Understanding "Skepticism" and Inaction; Change in the Information System; Communication Research: Contributions and Limitations; Distinguishing the Social from the Individual; Journalistic "Objectivity" and the Cultivation of Uncertainty; Scientists as Key Communicators; Non-Scientists as Audience Can the Climate of Opinion Actually Be Changed?Notes; References; Chapter 3: Talking Climate: Understanding and Engaging Publics; Public Understanding of Climate Science; Ideological Commitments Matter: Politics, Worldviews, and Values; Trust and Efficacy; What Have We Learned?; Notes; References; Chapter 4: The Evolving Social Ecology of Science Communication; Organizations and Institutions as Agenda-Builders; Professional Associations for Journalists and Scientists; A Word about the Nature of Social Norms; Evolving Journalistic Ethics; A New Ethical Landscape for Scientists?; Notes Political Opportunity StructureStrategic Capacity; Lessons and Opportunities for Communication; Notes; References; Chapter 8: The Path Forward: Making Change Happen; Keep Talking! Interpersonal Strategies Matter; Focus on the Collective: A Renewed Research Paradigm; Action Orientation: Climate as a Social Justice Issue; Push Out Solutions, Not Just Problems; References; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages)
• Subjects: 333.7201/4; Climatic changes -- Social aspects; Climatic changes -- Political aspects; Climatic changes -- Government policy; Communication in the environmental sciences; Environmental policy; Environmental law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General; Climatic changes -- Government policy; Climatic changes -- Political aspects; Climatic changes -- Social aspects; Communication in the environmental sciences; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Klimaänderung; Wissenschaftskommunikation; Science -- Environmental Science; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Law -- Environmental; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Climate change; Communication studies; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Environment law; Politics & government; Communication; Climatic changes; Social justice; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137585790
• Related ISBNs: 113758579X; 9781137585783; 1137585781
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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