The role of popular discourse about climate change in disaster preparedness: A critical discourse analysis

Zaman, Farhana

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102270

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“…These modes, like those found elsewhere, can meet tension with considerations of climate change. Yet communities across the world already hold a great amount of knowledge about, and experience with, environment, both materially and socially (Foxwell-Norton, 2017;Zaman, 2021). The balancing of, and intermingling of, the habitual and the climate-informed, in vocabulary and elsewhere, will continue as the climate crisis unfolds.…”

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Tensions in talking about disasters: Habitual versus climate-informed – The case of bushfire vocabulary in Australia

Bromhead

2022

Australian Journal of Linguistics

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Disasters occasion ways of speaking and writing in the societies in which they take place. Now, due to climate change, events such as wildfires, floods and heatwaves are becoming more severe and more frequent. Therefore, the climate crisis poses a challenge, not only materially, but discursively. Habitual vocabulary may no longer be appropriate, and there is a pull between these turns of phrase and newer ones informed by climate change. The article takes the case of Australia whose public discourse in English about 'bushfires' has been characterized by traditional vocabulary, focused on battling the elements. Through three examples, the study treats tensions between the habitual and the climate-informed in event names (e.g. Black Summer), a social category (volunteer firefighters) and a construction of political critique (I don't hold a hose). The frame taken is semanticallyenhanced discourse studies, inspired by natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) and other cultural takes. A transtextual approach is used, along with research from humanities and social science. The study finds that through the interplay between habitual and climate-informed vocabulary about 'bushfires', one can view conceptions of events, cultures, social relations, identities and relationships to places in Australia. Extreme weather formations and climate change formations cannot be easily separated.

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Tensions in talking about disasters: Habitual versus climate-informed – The case of bushfire vocabulary in Australia

Bromhead

2022

Australian Journal of Linguistics

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“…Personal experience of the effects of climate change, either direct or indirect, is a strong determinant of awareness and knowledge (Debela et al, 2015). Adequate knowledge and understanding of climate change is associated with better awareness of personal risks related to climate change and its effects (Siña et al, 2016;Zaman, 2021). Moreover, healthcare professionals such as nurses must possess adequate understanding of climate change in order to be prepared to face the threat to health (Crowley & HPPC/ACP, 2016;Dupraz & Burnand, 2021;Hathaway & Maibach, 2018;Opoku et al, 2021) and foster responsible involvement in and support efforts for climate change mitigation and adaptation (Anåker et al, 2015;Crowley & HPPC/ACP, 2016;Dupraz & Burnand, 2021).…”

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Nursing Students’ Perceptions about the Effects of Climate Change on Health: A Descriptive Exploratory Study

Santos,

Gumabay

2024

Nurs. Med. J. Nursing

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Background: Climate change is recognized as an important health concern that the health sector and nurses must prepare for. Adequate preparation and understanding of its effects on health must be exemplified by nurses and nursing students. Previous studies showed that nurses and nursing students have good knowledge of climate change and its effects on health. However, none of these studies were conducted in the Philippines.Purpose: This study explored the perceptions of nursing students about the effects of climate change on health.Methods: The researchers utilized a descriptive qualitative research design. The study was conducted among level three Bachelor of Science in Nursing students selected through purposive sampling using the following criteria: a) students who were enrolled with a full load of units in the BSN course, and b) those who have not taken Disaster Nursing course in the previous semesters. A total of 35 participants were included in the study. Data collection was done through an interview using a researcher-made interview guide. Data analysis was done through content analysis.Results: Two major themes were identified, which describe the perceptions of the nursing students about the effects of climate change on health. The findings revealed that the respondents have an adequate understanding of what climate change is and the factors that cause it. The respondents also mentioned that climate change negatively affects the physiological health of humans. Specifically, climate change increases the risk for non-communicable disease such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. It also alters certain characteristics of communicable diseases such as prevalence, seasonal pattern, and geographic distribution.Conclusion: The findings revealed that student nurses know what climate change is and are aware that it negatively affects health. However, their perceptions of the effects of climate change on health are limited to its physiologic effects, specifically on non-communicable and infectious disease, as this reflects their understanding of how environmental factors affect disease pathogenesis or development.

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“…Hasil penelitian tersebut menghasilkan kajian makro, meso, dan mikro terhadap budaya dan semantik yang berkontribusi pada linguistik bencana, semantik perubahan iklim, dan studi wacana publik. Studi wacana dan perubahan iklim lainnya dilakukan oleh Zaman (2021) yang menyoroti kekuatan bahasa dalam konstruksi ideologi. Studi Zaman menganalisis wacana tentang isu-isu utama perubahan iklim yang menunjukkan mekanisme pembingkaian bahasa dalam mendistorsi produksi pengetahuan dan konstruksi ideologi yang dapat memengaruhi kapasitas persepsi publik yang terkena dampak bencana dan peran serta mereka dalam kesiapsiagaan bencana.…”

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EKSPRESI KECEMASAN NETIZEN DI MEDIA SOSIAL FACEBOOK TENTANG PANDEMI COVID-19 (Netizens' Expressions of Anxiety on Facebook Social Media Regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic)

2023

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Discourse studies and the Covid-19 pandemic have attracted the attention of previous researchers with various topics. However, studies that focus on the anxiety of netizens as expressed through social media Facebook have not been carried out. Therefore, this research is designed to fill the gap in the literature by revealing the forms and linguistic features utilized in representing the anxiety of netizens through the social media Facebook. Qualitative research using a critical discourse analysis approach was conducted on uploads by netizens on Facebook which were published between March and May 2020 and were selected purposively. The collected data is processed by thematic analysis. The results of the study show that netizens' anxiety about the Covid-19 pandemic is manifested in religious expressions, personal reflections, fears and worries, hopes, anger, and advice. The various forms of expression found represent messages of anxiety and efforts to build public awareness to comply with health protocols. The linguistic features used include collective and exclusive pronouns, repetition, metaphor, parallelism, and pragmatic markers of invitations and orders. This linguistic feature functions to foster collectivity, convey feelings, confirm information, and encourage public participation. The research findings provide a new perspective on the study of disaster discourse and expand the area of language studies in a pandemic situation.

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The role of popular discourse about climate change in disaster preparedness: A critical discourse analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 47 publications

Tensions in talking about disasters: Habitual versus climate-informed – The case of bushfire vocabulary in Australia

Tensions in talking about disasters: Habitual versus climate-informed – The case of bushfire vocabulary in Australia

Nursing Students’ Perceptions about the Effects of Climate Change on Health: A Descriptive Exploratory Study

EKSPRESI KECEMASAN NETIZEN DI MEDIA SOSIAL FACEBOOK TENTANG PANDEMI COVID-19 (Netizens' Expressions of Anxiety on Facebook Social Media Regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic)

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