Earth’s Library: Estimating Book Publishing Trends Related to Climate Change
For a study I am working on this semester while on sabbatical at Harvard University, I wanted to try to estimate book publishing trends over time related to climate change, renewable energy, biodiversity, sustainable development, and population growth. After consulting with several librarians, my best option was to estimate these publishing trends by way of...
Communicating the Moral Dimensions of Climate Change
-Guest post by Ezra Markowitz, doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon. The moral judgment system—the set of cognitive, emotional, social and motivational mechanisms responsible for producing our perceptions of right and wrong—has been receiving a lot of attention recently, only some of it good. A slew of best-selling books, dozens of exciting new research...
More on the Shifting Roles of Science Journalists in the Digital Age
Following up on our study analyzing the shifting roles and emerging practices of science journalists, Declan Fahy contributed a valuable discussion to the news site of the British Association of Science Writers. Lede below. Also see Fahy’s article at CJR.org and a more detailed discussion with PDF of the study. Now that science reporters have...