Climate stories: Why do climate scientists and sceptical voices participate in the climate debate?. (October 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Climate stories: Why do climate scientists and sceptical voices participate in the climate debate?. (October 2017)
- Main Title:
- Climate stories: Why do climate scientists and sceptical voices participate in the climate debate?
- Authors:
- Sharman, Amelia
Howarth, Candice - Abstract:
- Public perceptions of the climate debate predominantly frame the key actors as climate scientists versus sceptical voices; however, it is unclear why climate scientists and sceptical voices choose to participate in this antagonistic and polarised public battle. A narrative interview approach is used to better understand the underlying rationales behind 22 climate scientists' and sceptical voices' engagement in the climate debate, potential commonalities, as well as each actor's ability to be critically self-reflexive. Several overlapping rationales are identified including a sense of duty to publicly engage, agreement that complete certainty about the complex assemblage of climate change is unattainable and that political factors are central to the climate debate. We argue that a focus on potential overlaps in perceptions and rationales as well as the ability to be critically self-reflexive may encourage constructive discussion among actors previously engaged in purposefully antagonistic exchange on climate change.
- Is Part Of:
- Public understanding of science. Volume 26:Number 7(2017)
- Journal:
- Public understanding of science
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Number 7(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 7 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 7
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0026-0007-0000
- Page Start:
- 826
- Page End:
- 842
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10
- Subjects:
- climate change -- climate scientists -- debate participation -- perceptions -- sceptical voices
Science news -- Periodicals
Science -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
303.483 - Journal URLs:
- http://pus.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0963662516632453 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0963-6625
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