Mediating the Science: Symbolic and Structural Influences on Communicating Climate Change Through New Zealand's Television News

Bourk, Michael; Rock, Jennifer; Davis, Lloyd S.

doi:10.1080/17524032.2015.1058289

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“…Even when dealing with such emotionallycharged environmental science as that about climate change, SC's focus is typically on the effect of the communication on the receiver rather than the environment or nature per se (e.g. Bourk et. al., 2015;Sol Hart & Feldman, 2016).…”

Section: Representations Of Naturementioning

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Environmental Communication and Science Communication—Conversations, Connections and Collaborations

Davis

Fähnrich

Nepote

et al. 2018

Environmental Communication

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This commentary considers the separate but interconnected evolution of science communication and environmental communication as fields of research and practice, and argues for better mutual understanding between the fields, including an understanding of necessary differences. It notes that the repertoires of science communication and environmental communication overlap but have different emphases. Environmental communication emphasises public allegiances with a view to persuasion; science communication has focussed on public understanding and appreciation of science. The potential and the need for closer cooperation are growing as the authority of science is challenged in political arenas. Both fields recognise the important contributions of science to public sense-making and informed decision-making on major issues. Increasing engagement with the science that underpins environmental issues could benefit environmental communicators. In political contexts, science communication could learn from environmental communication's greater attention to advocacy and symbolic representations. This Commentary offers a view of EC and SC and their relations that draws on the experiences of the authors, all with a foot in both camps. The Commentary is based on a 'practice reflection' paper and panel the authorsall members of the scientific committee of the PCST, the global network for science communicationpresented at the International Environmental Communication Association conference, COCE 2017. Guided by the maxim that "good fences make good neighbours", the panel sought to clarify differences as well as similarities between EC and SC.We note the considerable interest in both EC and SC in looking across the fences between them. Of 108 research articles published in the journal, Science Communication and 237 published in the journal Public Understanding of Science in 2014-17, 30% and 27%, respectively, were on environmental topics; in both journals just over 60% of these papers on environment were on climate change. With little modification, this material could have been published in an environmental communication journal, though the foci may have been somewhat different.A search in Public Understanding of Science, 2014-17, on 'environmental communication' produces mainly passing mentions or bibliographical or biographical references (journal title, publication title or author's declared research interest). Just one use of the phrase is found in a substantive treatment of environmental communication (Sakellari, 2014), referring to Brulle (2010) on 'environmental melodrama'. A search in Environmental Communication, 2014-17, on 'science communication' produces many passing references, but also several (e.g. Suldovsky et al, 2017;Lee et al, 2017;Burke et al, 2016) that deal with science communication in terms of formal study and theoretical reflection.There is an apparent asymmetry in the respective interest in each other's topic-fields, with SC showing more interest in EC's than vice versa, but also asymmetry in the respective ...

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Section: Representations Of Naturementioning

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Environmental Communication and Science Communication—Conversations, Connections and Collaborations

Davis

Fähnrich

Nepote

et al. 2018

Environmental Communication

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“…The goal of the method is to explore the meanings that respondents give to information, opinions and interests regarding an important area of their lives (Brennen 2013, 28). Interviewing has been a particularly reliable method for exploring journalists' conceptions of their work through the lens of a particular topic or issue that journalists have covered (Lewis and Reese 2009;Usher 2009;Bourk, Rock, and Davis 2017). The method is certainly not without its limitations: interviewing cannot validly capture the underlying cultural motivations that drive journalists due to a gap between interviewees' practical consciousness and intentional thinking (Ryfe 2020).…”

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Covering Hate: Field Theory and Journalistic Role Conception in Reporting on White Nationalist Rallies

Perreault

Johnson²,

Klein³

2020

Journalism Practice

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In the United States, journalists covering white nationalist groups find themselves in an impossible situation: how do you cover the newsworthy rallies-and the concerns raised by the local community-without providing a platform for hate speech? The present study conducts in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 18 journalists who have covered white nationalist rallies. Through the lens of field theory, this study seeks to understand how journalists conceive of their role in such coverage, how they situate themselves within the field, and how they articulate the best practices for this challenging form of reporting. This study finds that white nationalist rallies presented a challenge to journalistic habitus, and journalists responded by drawing from the well of experience and professional socialization.

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“…La necesidad de que se tomen medidas urgentes ha llevado a que la comunicación sobre el CC se haya constituido en un tema de creciente interés para la academia, que ha generado un vasto cuerpo de investigación sobre diversos ejes, como la incidencia de la aplicación de las normas pe-riodísticas en la divulgación del CC (Boykoff, 2011), las influencias simbólicas y estructurales en la comunicación del CC (Bourk et al, 2017), los encuadres del CC (León et al, 2018) o la reducción en la cobertura de las distintas cumbres del clima que organiza la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) (Boykoff, 2016). Los principales resultados apuntan a que la historia de la comunicación del CC está llena de errores cometidos por los medios de comunicación.…”

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Del ver al compartir: el rol de las emociones en la propagación de contenidos sobre cambio climático en YouTube

Muñoz-Pico

Viteri

2022

Pacla

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El cambio climático es el mayor desafío ambiental del siglo. El Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático lo ha dejado claro: medio grado más de calentamiento en nuestro planeta marcará la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte. En ese contexto, la comunicación sobre el cambio climático resulta de vital importancia para generar el compromiso individual y de los gobiernos para combatir este problema, que se acentúa, sobre todo, por acción de las actividades humanas en el planeta. Esta investigación pretende adentrarse en las áreas de la psicología emocional y la comunicación ambiental para explicar la popularidad de contenidos sobre cambio climático en YouTube. Usando videos que abordan la temática medioambiental, las autoras examinan cómo las emociones que producen activación fisiológica desembocan en la difusión masiva. Los resultados indican que, independientemente de la valencia de los videos, es decir, de si son considerados positivos o negativos, estos pueden llegar a ser populares en la medida en que impulsen la activación fisiológica de los espectadores. Este hallazgo arroja luz sobre por qué las personas comparten contenidos medioambientales y cómo diseñar campañas de lucha contra el cambio climático.

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Mediating the Science: Symbolic and Structural Influences on Communicating Climate Change Through New Zealand's Television News

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Environmental Communication and Science Communication—Conversations, Connections and Collaborations

Environmental Communication and Science Communication—Conversations, Connections and Collaborations

Covering Hate: Field Theory and Journalistic Role Conception in Reporting on White Nationalist Rallies

Del ver al compartir: el rol de las emociones en la propagación de contenidos sobre cambio climático en YouTube

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