Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012
The issue of climate change is intimately linked to notions of risk and uncertainty, concepts that pose challenges to climate science, climate change communication, and science-society interactions. While a large majority of climate scientists are increasingly certain about the causes of climate cha...
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| author | Shaw, Chris Hellsten, Iina Nerlich, Brigitte |
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| description | The issue of climate change is intimately linked to notions of risk and uncertainty, concepts that pose challenges to climate science, climate change communication, and science-society interactions. While a large majority of climate scientists are increasingly certain about the causes of climate change and the risks posed by its impacts (see IPCC, 2013 and 2014), public perception of climate change is still largely framed by uncertainty, especially regarding impacts (Poortinga et al., 2011). Social scientists and communication researchers have begun to advocate moving from a framing of climate change in terms of uncertainty to one that focuses on risk (Painter, 2013; Silverman, 2013) and they hope that this shift in framing may generate greater public support for climate mitigation policies. |
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| spelling | nottingham-331812020-05-04T17:38:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33181/ Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 Shaw, Chris Hellsten, Iina Nerlich, Brigitte The issue of climate change is intimately linked to notions of risk and uncertainty, concepts that pose challenges to climate science, climate change communication, and science-society interactions. While a large majority of climate scientists are increasingly certain about the causes of climate change and the risks posed by its impacts (see IPCC, 2013 and 2014), public perception of climate change is still largely framed by uncertainty, especially regarding impacts (Poortinga et al., 2011). Social scientists and communication researchers have begun to advocate moving from a framing of climate change in terms of uncertainty to one that focuses on risk (Painter, 2013; Silverman, 2013) and they hope that this shift in framing may generate greater public support for climate mitigation policies. Palgrave Macmillan Crichton, Jonathan Candlin, Christopher N. Firkins, Arthur S. 2016-02-03 Book Section PeerReviewed Shaw, Chris, Hellsten, Iina and Nerlich, Brigitte (2016) Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012. In: Communicating risk. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 208-228. ISBN 978-1-349-55659-5 risk climate change communication http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137478788_13 doi:10.1057/9781137478788_13 doi:10.1057/9781137478788_13 |
| spellingShingle | risk climate change communication Shaw, Chris Hellsten, Iina Nerlich, Brigitte Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title | Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title_full | Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title_fullStr | Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title_short | Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| title_sort | framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 |
| topic | risk climate change communication |
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