Blogging climate change: A case study

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dc.contributor.authorSajeev, Erangu Purath Mohankumar
dc.contributor.authorMintz-Woo, Kian
dc.contributor.authorDamert, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorBrunner, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorEise, Jessica
dc.contributor.funderAustrian Science Funden
dc.contributor.funderÖsterreichische Austauschdiensten
dc.contributor.funderBundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaften
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-29T09:45:38Z
dc.date.available2020-09-29T09:45:38Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-03
dc.date.updated2020-09-27T19:50:45Z
dc.description.abstractPublic perception of the magnitude of challenges associated with climate change is still lower than that of the majority of scientists. The societal relevance of climate change has raised the need for a more direct communication between scientists and the public. However, peer-reviewed scientific articles are not well-suited to engaging a wider audience. This begets a need to explore other avenues for communicating climate change. Social media is a vibrant source for information exchange among the masses. Blogs in particular are a promising tool for disseminating complex findings on topics such as climate change, as they are easier to comprehend and are targeted at a broader audience compared to scientific publications. This chapter discusses the usefulness of blogs in communicating climate change, using our blog Climate Footnotes (climatefootnotes.com ) as a case study. Drawing from communication theory and our experiences with Climate Footnotes, we identify and describe elements such as message framing, translation of scientific data, role of language, and interactivity in aiding climate change communication. The insights outlined herein help understand the nature and impact of online climate change communication. The chapter may also serve as a useful blueprint for scientists interested in utilizing blogs to communicate climate change.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAustrian Science Fund ((FWF) under research grant W 1256-G15 (Doctoral Programme Climate Change—Uncertainties, Thresholds and Coping Strategies); Austrian Federal Ministry (Marietta Blau Grant, Austrian Exchange Service (OeAD), financed by funds from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSajeev, E. P. M., Mintz-Woo, K., Damert, M., Brunner, L. and Eise, J. (2019) 'Blogging Climate Change: A Case Study', in Leal Filho, W., Lackner, B. & McGhie, H. (eds.) Addressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 129-142. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-98294-6_9en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-98294-6_9en
dc.identifier.endpage142en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-98294-6
dc.identifier.startpage129en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10598
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofAddressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-98294-6_9
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, a link is provided to the Creative Commons license and any changes made are indicated.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),en
dc.subjectBlogsen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectClimate footnotesen
dc.subjectScience communicationen
dc.subjectScience-to-publicen
dc.titleBlogging climate change: A case studyen
dc.typeBook chapteren
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