Perceptions of Climate Change Imagery

Metag, Julia; Schäfer, Mike S.; Füchslin, Tobias; Barsuhn, Tjado; Königslöw, Katharina Kleinen-von

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“…Despite this, the images that participants conjure when thinking of climate change mostly do not conform to these principles. Research suggests that the common characters in climate imagery-politicians, protesters and celebrities-are ineffective and can be polarizing and recommends images that relate to people's lives and everyday decisions (Eskjaer, 2017;Metag et al, 2016;Nerlich & Jaspal, 2014;Schäfer & Schlichting, 2014), a challenge that we return to in detail in Section 4.…”

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“…Images in use may be similar across the world (Metag et al, 2016) due to reliance on the same photo agencies by media outlets, and the dominance of a small number of multinational agencies (Lema Vélez, Hermelin, Fontecha, & Urrego, 2017;Lück et al, 2016). Homogeneity is problematic because audiences may interpret climate imagery very differently, and the public perceptions literature indicates that tailored imagery is most effective (Chapman et al, 2016;Metag et al, 2016).…”

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“…Perhaps surprisingly given the complex and global nature of the issue, a rather limited set of images has come to represent climate change in the public discourse. The typical iconography includes polar bears and other animals (Doyle, 2007;Leon & Erviti, 2013;O'Neill & Nicholson-Cole, 2009;Smith & Joffe, 2009;Yusoff & Gabrys, 2011), melting ice and glaciers (Brönnimann, 2002;Doyle, 2007;Leon & Erviti, 2013;Manzo, 2010b;Smith & Leiserowitz, 2012;Smith & Joffe, 2009), extreme weather (Smith & Joffe, 2009;Rebich-Hespanha et al, 2014;Metag, Schäfer, Füchslin, Barsuhn, & Kleinen-von Königslöw, 2016;Nerlich & Jaspal, 2014;Ahchong & Dodds, 2012;Grittmann, 2014), globes (Doyle, 2007;Manzo, 2010b), and politicians (Metag et al, 2016;Smith & Joffe, 2009). Many of these image tropes have been summarized in a recent overview of the field (O'Neill, 2017).…”

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“…Many of these image tropes have been summarized in a recent overview of the field (O'Neill, 2017). The impacts of climate change are visually prominent compared to the causes or solutions (Grittmann, 2014;Metag et al, 2016;O'Neill, 2013;Rebich-Hespanha et al, 2014). The consequences of climate change to physical environments are depicted often, and figuratively (rather than directly) in graphs rather than photographs (Grittmann, 2014;Rebich-Hespanha et al, 2014;Smith & Joffe, 2009).…”

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Public engagement with climate imagery in a changing digital landscape

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WIREs Climate Change

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Despite extensive exploration into the use of language in climate change communication, our understanding of the use of visual images, and how they relate to public perceptions of climate change, is less developed. A limited set of images have come to represent climate change, but rapid changes in the digital landscape, in the way media and information are created, conveyed, and consumed has changed the way climate change is visualized. We review the use of climate imagery in digital media (news and social media, art, video and visualizations), and synthesize public perceptions research on factors that are important for engaging with climate imagery. We then compare how key research findings and recommendations align with the practical strategies of campaigners and communicators, highlighting opportunities for greater congruence. Finally, we outline key challenges and recommendations for future directions in research. The increasingly image‐focused digital landscape signals that images of climate change have a pivotal role in building public engagement, both now, and in future. A better understanding of how these images are being used and understood by the public is crucial for communicating climate change in an engaging way. This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Perceptions of Climate Change

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“…So far, HADES spectrometer could only detect charged particles, but recently an electromagnetic calorimeter was added to allow for the detection of photons. Thus, detection of η mesons has become possible here [24]. At HADES one would probably identify the η meson via the decay η → π + π − η → π + π − γγ with a branching ratio of 16.6 %.…”

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Near-threshold η′ meson production in π−A reactions

Paryev

2019

Nuclear Physics A

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We study the inclusive near-threshold production of η mesons in π − meson-nucleus reactions on the basis of the first-collision model relying on the nuclear spectral function and including incoherent processes of η production in π − meson-proton collisions. The model accounts for the absorption of initial π − and final η mesons, the binding of intranuclear protons and their Fermi motion, as well as the effect of the scalar η -nucleus potential (or the in-medium shift of the η meson mass) on these processes. We calculate the differential and total cross sections for η production off carbon and tungsten nuclei at laboratory angles of 0 • -10 • and 10 • -45 • by π − mesons with momentum of 1.7 GeV/c, which is close to the threshold momentum for η creation on a free target proton at rest. We show that the calculated η production cross sections are larger than those, studied earlier in the η photoproduction reactions, by about two orders of magnitude. We also demonstrate that the high absolute values of the present differential and total η production cross sections in the momentum ranges of 0.2-0.3 GeV/c and 0.1-0.6 GeV/c, respectively, possess a high sensitivity to changes in the in-medium shift of the η mass. This offers the possibility of evaluating the above shift at these momenta from the respective data, which could be taken in future experiments at the GSI pion beam facility or at J-PARC. arXiv:1906.02185v1 [nucl-th] 5 Jun 2019Studies of the η meson mass and its interaction in finite nuclei have received considerable interest in recent years due to the hope to extract valuable information on the partial restoration of chiral symmetry at finite density, on gluon dynamics in low-energy QCD, and on the possible formation of η bound states inside the nuclei (see, for example, Refs. [1,2]). Recent measurements of inclusive η photoproduction from carbon [3] and niobium [4] nuclear targets by the CBELSA/TAPS Collaboration in Bonn gave for the real part V 0 of the η -nucleus potential at saturation density ρ 0 (which is equal to the η meson mass shift in the medium) the combined value of V 0 = −(39 ± 7 stat ± 15 syst ) MeV [1,4] for average momentum of the produced η of ≈ 1.1 GeV/c. A new determination of the η -nucleus potential V 0 with lower average η momentum of 600 MeV/c was performed also by the CBELSA/TAPS Collaboration [5] by measuring the production of η mesons in coincidence with forward-going protons in photon-induced reactions on 12 C for initial photon energies of 1.3-2.6 GeV at the electron accelerator ELSA with the result V 0 = −(44 ± 16 stat ± 15 syst ) MeV, consistent with the above value for the potential V 0 , deduced from inclusive measurements for average η momentum of ≈ 1.1 GeV/c. The imaginary part W 0 of the η -nucleus optical potential was determined in [6] to be W 0 = −(13 ± 3 stat ± 3 syst ) MeV near-threshold from an extrapolation of the transparency ratio measurements on Nb at various η momenta well above threshold to near-threshold momenta. These numbers, with a small modulus of the imagin...

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Media and Public Engagement with Science

Nurmis

2018

The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy

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The media play a critical role in fostering public engagement with science. This entry discusses the paradigm shift from a deficit model assuming audiences rationally process scientific news toward a model of public engagement which takes into account motivated reasoning and audience values and beliefs, and strives for a multidimensional dialogue between scientists, citizens, and policymakers. Challenges of science communication in the news media are discussed. One such challenge in recent years has been the overreliance of news media on the objectivity as balance norm, which led to significant gaps between public perceptions of scientific truths and the actual consensus among scientists.

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Perceptions of Climate Change Imagery

Cited by 78 publications

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Public engagement with climate imagery in a changing digital landscape

Public engagement with climate imagery in a changing digital landscape

Near-threshold η′ meson production in π−A reactions

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