Reading List for Course on Science and Environmental Communication
This semester, students from a diversity of majors at American University are participating in an advanced seminar I am teaching on science and environmental communication. For the first part of the semester, we are covering core issues and themes. In the process, students will be blogging on related selected topics while finalizing their research paper topic....
Study Maps the Relationship Between Cable News and Climate Change Perceptions
A new study finds that Fox News tends to feature guests who doubt the reality of climate change and stories that dismiss the need for action, while CNN and MSNBC tend to feature guests who assert the reality of climate change and the need for action. Interestingly, however, Fox tends to devote more attention to...
Studies by Faculty Fellow Sol Hart and Colleagues Examine Environmental Values, the Framing of Climate Change, and Energy Use
This spring, Climate Shift faculty fellow Sol Hart has published three studies with colleagues examining how environmental values, framing and perceptions of fairness shape policy preferences, views on climate change and support for university-based energy initiatives respectively. The articles with their abstracts are below and you can contact Professor Hart to request PDF copies if...
