{"id":3912,"date":"2019-10-16T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2019-10-16T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:54:59","slug":"call-for-papers-climate-change-science-communication-and-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2019\/10\/16\/call-for-papers-climate-change-science-communication-and-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Climate Change, Science Communication, and the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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AAG Session<\/a>, April 6-10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers:<\/strong>
Meaghan Daly, University of New England
Lucy McAllister, Babson College
Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, University of Colorado Boulder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session Sponsorship: <\/strong>
Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty GroupHuman Dimensions of Climate Change Specialty Group
Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) at University of Colorado Boulder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submit your abstracts by COB Friday, October 25th! http:\/\/bit.ly\/AAGclimatemedia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, there have been increasing\nefforts to enhance public understanding of climate change. The field of science\ncommunication has grown rapidly in an effort to \u2018bridge the gap\u2019 between\nscientific knowledge about and societal responses to climate change (Moser,\n2016). Similarly, the media \u2013 ranging from print, broadcast, and web resources\n\u2013 has played an increasingly vital role in shaping public perceptions and\nopinions about climate change, including available options for mitigating and\nadapting to change (Boykoff, 2011). Yet, significant questions remain about how\nbest to communicate and engage with the public on the issue of climate change\nand what role the media should play in advancing these efforts. Furthermore, there\nis much evidence demonstrating that simply delivering more scientific\ninformation does not always result in greater public understanding or action to\naddress wicked problems such as climate change \u2013 and may, in fact, even be\ncounterproductive in some cases (O’Neill & Nicholson-Cole, 2009; Nisbet,\nCooper, & Garrett, 2015). The ways in which climate change is understood, framed,\nportrayed, and taken up is subject to myriad social, political, historical, and\ncultural influences (Hulme, 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paper session will survey the current\nlandscape of communications and media coverage of climate change \u2013 including\nassessment and critiques of theoretical underpinnings, methodological\napproaches, and potential policy solutions \u2013 while also creating space to productively\nsituate these efforts within wider discussions about the role of expertise and\nvalues in shaping public understandings of science, decision-making, behavioral\nchange, and policy-making. Thus, this paper session will examine the broader\nlandscape of communications approaches and media coverage of climate change,\nincluding what they can and cannot tell us, while also offering insights toward\npotential paths forward. Sessions will be structured to foster constructive\ndialog among presenters, discussants, and audience members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papers in these sessions may address, but are\nnot limited to, the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What are new or innovative\ntheories for understanding climate communication and the media?<\/li>
  2. What are different methodological\napproaches currently being applied in the field?<\/li>
  3. What are the strengths and\nlimitations of various methodological approaches?<\/li>
  4. What are the policy and\/or\npractical implications of current approaches to studying climate communications\nin the media?<\/li>
  5. What are future trajectories for\ncommunicating on the issue of climate change and what role can \/ should the\nmedia play?<\/li>
  6. What is the current role of\nexperts\/expertise in the science communication-media nexus and, just as\nimportantly, what role should<\/em> they\nhave in the future?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Please submit abstracts of interest of no more\nthan 250 words to Meaghan Daly (mdaly8@une.edu<\/a>), Lucy McAllister (lmcallister@babson.edu<\/a>),\nand Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey (jeremiah.osbornegowey@colorado.edu<\/a>) by close\nof business, October 25th<\/sup>, 2019. Presenters will be notified of\nacceptance no later than October 28th<\/sup>, 2019. If accepted, presenters\nshould register their abstract and send their PIN to organizers by October 30th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Citations: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Boykoff, M. T. (2011). Who speaks for the climate?: Making sense of media reporting on climate\nchange.<\/em> Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hulme, M. (2009). Why we disagree about climate change: Understanding controversy,\ninaction and opportunity. <\/em>Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Moser, S. C. (2016).\nReflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second\ndecade of the 21st century: what more is there to say?. Wiley Interdisciplinary\nReviews: Climate Change<\/em>, 7<\/em>(3), 345-369.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nisbet, E. C., Cooper, K. E., & Garrett,\nR. K. (2015). The partisan brain: How dissonant science messages lead\nconservatives and liberals to (dis) trust science. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science<\/em>,\n658(1), 36-66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    O’Neill, S., & Nicholson-Cole, S. (2009).\n\u201cFear won’t do it\u201d promoting positive engagement with climate change through\nvisual and iconic representations. Science\nCommunication<\/em>, 30(3), 355-379.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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