On the use of imagery for climate change engagement

O’Neill, Saffron; Boykoff, Maxwell; Niemeyer, Simon; Day, Sophie A.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.11.006

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“…The research team included external examples so as not to limit the vision to only what had already been accomplished in Phoenix. O'Neill et al [26] reported on the importance of images in facilitating public discussions on sustainability issues, and respondent feedback in this evaluation seems to support this assertion. One Midtown respondent was concerned that participants that were learning of a potential objective or vision element for the first time might walk away from the activity with an overly optimistic view if the group is unable to identify shortcoming and pitfalls (MT04).…”

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“…In a study on the use of imagery for public engagement on climate change, O'Neill et al [26] found that images of climate change impacts made participants feel that climate change was important (salience), but reduced their feeling that they could do something to address the problem (self-efficacy). On the other hand, images of energy futures increased participant efficacy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…O'Neill et al [26] show that images of solutions inspire participants and increase participants' self-efficacy. The VESC sought to accomplish similar goals by including images of potential vision elements for achieving the sustainability objectives.…”

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Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona

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Abstract:In public planning processes for sustainable urban development, planners and experts often face the challenge of engaging a public that is not familiar with sustainability principles or does not subscribe to sustainability values. Although there are calls to build the public's sustainability literacy through social learning, such efforts require sufficient time and other resources that are not always available. Alternatively, public participation processes may be realigned with the sustainability literacy the participants possess, and their capacity can modestly be built during the engagement. Asking what tools might successfully align public participation with participants' sustainability literacy, this article describes and evaluates a public participation process in Phoenix, Arizona, in which researchers, in collaboration with city planners, facilitated sustainability conversations as part of an urban development process. The tool employed for Visually Enhanced Sustainability Conversation (VESC) was specifically designed to better align public participation with stakeholders' sustainability literacy. We tested and evaluated VESC through interviews with participants, city planners, and members of the research team, as well as an analysis of project reports. We found that the use of VESC successfully facilitated discussions on pertinent sustainability issues and embedded sustainability objectives into the project reports. We close with recommendations for strengthening tools like VESC for future public engagements. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 8710

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Section: Information Resourcessupporting

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“…In an age of easy manipulation of images, when cropping, cutting, and pasting within photographs taken can be done even by those not all that computer literate, it is understandable that there are doubts surrounding the veracity of images from deep space, as well as other images of science, such as those that depict global warming and climate change (O'Neill, 2013;O'Neill et al, 2009;Smith and Joffe, 2009). The question becomes how we can use the power of images to communicate esoteric science topics, lead to or correct misconceptions, trigger an emotional response, and encourage greater visual literacy.…”

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Is That Real? Understanding Astronomical Images

Smith¹,

Arcand²,

Smith³

et al. 2015

J. Media Commun. Stud.

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This study examined what is believed to be "real" in images and how people -particularly non-experts -respond to and understand information that astronomical images attempt to convey. A convenience sample of 1,956 responded to an online survey created for this research. Results indicated that belief in the veracity of astronomical images is normally distributed, with males somewhat more unconvinced than females. No significant differences were shown across age groups, levels of education, background in astronomy, and self-rating of knowledge in astronomy. An open-ended item soliciting questions for a science image expert yielded five primary categories of responses: color, veracity, "The Five W" questions, technical questions, and comments or questions related to the aesthetics of the image. By far, the majority of questions and comments are related to color. Results are discussed in terms of the need for more education regarding science communication and for using technology to increase public understanding and comprehension of images related to astronomy and other issues in science.

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“…consumer behaviour is the key to the solution as being the cause of the problem -and a marketing fallacy -"it is no longer a scientist's problem, it's now a salesman's problem" (Futerra, 2009, p. 2). Secondly, on account of the lack of scientific knowledge about the impact of CCC on consumers" engagement in pro-environmental behaviours (O"Neill et al, 2013). Thirdly, because of the failure of CCC campaigns targeting consumer behaviour change.…”

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The Effect of Climate Change Semantic Expressions on Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Decarbonisation

Akil¹,

Hussein²,

Zein³

2018

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This paper is proposed to clarify the effectiveness of semantic expressions used to designate climate change in France context, i.e. "ré chauffement climatique" ("global warming"); "changement climatique" ("climate change"); and "derangement climatique" ("climate imbalance"). An experimental study (sample size N = 126) based on "linguistic semantics" approach is conducted in order to assess the effect of these expressions on concerns, perceptions risk and sensitivity regarding Climate Change (CC). Our results show that the expression "ré chauffement climatique" ("global warming") is the most appropriate from a statistical standpoint. It increased the importance of the problem (salience of this issue) relative to other societal issues (e.g. unemployment, social justice, crime, etc.); it also enhanced participants' sensitivity (respondents' emotions associated with CC) more than the other expressions. We can still note however a strong difference in impact among the expressions if we were to calculate their impact on the basis of risk perception and communication objective. Results showed that when focusing our communication campaigns on nature, it would be preferable to use the term "changement" ("change"), when focusing our communication on social level, it would be preferable to use the term "ré chauffement" ("warming"), whereas the term "dé rè glement" ("imbalance") becomes the most suitable in seeking to build a communication campaign focusing on economic aspects. Semantics therefore should be selected depending on the communication objective.

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On the use of imagery for climate change engagement

Cited by 266 publications

References 27 publications

Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona

Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona

Is That Real? Understanding Astronomical Images

The Effect of Climate Change Semantic Expressions on Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Decarbonisation

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