Communication strategies for resolving environmental issues

Krupar, Karen; Krupar, Joseph J.

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“…Instead, decades of research in environmental communication have explored how attempts to motivate individuals should attend to the specific roles they occupy, and to the constraints and incentives they face in light of their organizational position (e.g. Akin et al, 2020;Cheng et al, 2011;Gifford & Comeau, 2011;Goodwin & Dahlstrom, 2014;Hopke, 2017;Jarreau et al, 2017;Jaspal et al, 2014;Kelly, 2019;Krupar & Krupar, 1989;Lorenzoni et al, 2007;Mitra, 2016;Nisbet, 2009;Scannell & Gifford, 2013;Shih & Lin, 2017). For example, efforts to persuade CEOs, elected officials, and other institutional leaders to support pro-climate policies should attend to the particular constraints and incentives faced by each, which, in turn, depend on stakeholders, consumers, constituents, and so on (see §4.5; Henderson, 2020).…”

Section: Individual Elements Of Structural Change and Structural Elements Of Individual Changementioning

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Individualism, Structuralism, and Climate Change

Brownstein

Kelly

Madva

2021

Environmental Communication

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Scholars, journalists, and activists working on climate change often distinguish between "individual" and "structural" approaches to decarbonization. The former concern choices individuals can make to reduce their "personal carbon footprint" (e.g. eating less meat). The latter concern changes to institutions, laws, and other social structures. These two approaches are often framed as oppositional, representing a mutually exclusive forced choice between alternative routes to decarbonization. After presenting representative samples of this oppositional framing of individual and structural approaches in environmental communication, we identify four problems with oppositional thinking and propose five ways to conceive of individual and structural reform as symbiotic and interdependent.

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Section: Individual Elements Of Structural Change and Structural Elements Of Individual Changementioning

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Individualism, Structuralism, and Climate Change

Brownstein

Kelly

Madva

2021

Environmental Communication

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“…Whatever the opinions about the ultimate impact of the mass media, their pervasiveness is not in doubt. Klapper [3], for example, wrote about the North American Radio, Television and Newspapers as having an almost universal acceptance, as over 95 per cent of the population own television sets, and nine out of ten adults read a Daily newspaper. The concern of analysts is the extent to which this pervasiveness or the universal acceptance of the mass media has affected the environment.…”

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An appraisal of the contribution of the print and electronic media to environmental education and consciousness in Nigeria

Agbola

Olurin

Mabawonku

1999

International Journal of Environmental Studies

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To assess the contribution of the print and electronic media in Nigeria to fostering environment consciousness, two newspapers and two radio and television stations were chosen in the largest and very indigenous city in Africa, South of the Sahara (Ibadan). A household survey was conducted to obtain information on how the city residents perceive environmental problems and to elicit their sources of knowledge on and about environmental problems in their environment.Research results indicate that despite the fact that the city was home to the first television station in Africa and that the two newspapers surveyed are among the oldest in the country, the print and electronic media are of limited relevance to city residents in their perception, knowledge and finding solutions to their environmental problems. The paper then discusses these results within the socio-economic and changing political milieu of Nigeria.

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“…4 It has also been pointed out how important information is in the process of facilitating community involvement in environmental decision-making. 5 In this paper it is intended to elaborate more fully issues related to the design and use of communications in environmental disputes.…”

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Risk communication: some underlying principles

Brown

Campbell

1991

International Journal of Environmental Studies

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Attention is drawn to the need to provide information to the public about environmentally hazardous or intrusive facilities. It is suggested that given the increasing disputatious nature of environmental decision making and growing environmental sensitivity, planners and policy makers are recognising that specialist knowledge is required to design and evaluate the effectiveness of risk communicationsThe paper describes the context within which such communications may be used, discusses some of the ethical issues involved and outlines some of the psychological principles drawn upon when considering the content, format and method of dissemination.Specific examples of risk communication are given that vary with respect to the level of interaction between the communicator and intended audience and the amount of power devolved to the risk bearers in influencing the outcome of the planning or decisionmaking process.

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Communication strategies for resolving environmental issues

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Individualism, Structuralism, and Climate Change

Individualism, Structuralism, and Climate Change

An appraisal of the contribution of the print and electronic media to environmental education and consciousness in Nigeria

Risk communication: some underlying principles

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