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- Asplund, Therese, et al.
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Framings and coverage of climate change in Swedish specialized farming magazines
- 2013
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Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. - 0165-0009 .- 1573-1480. ; 117:1-2, s. 197-209
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change is a fundamental challenge for which agriculture is sensitive and vulnerable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified relevant information as key to enabling appropriate climate adaptation and mitigation action. Information specifically directed to farmers can be found, for example, in specialized farming magazines.While recent studies examine how national news media frame climate change, less —if any —studies have addressed climate framings and coverage in specialized media. Media framings are storylines that provide meaning by communicating how and why an issue should be seen as a problem, how it should be handled, and who is responsible for it. This paper analyses the framings and coverage of climate change in two Swedish specialized farming magazines from 2000 to 2009. It examines the extent of the climate change coverage, the content of the media items, and the dominant framings underlying their climate change coverage. The study identifies: increased coverage of climate change starting in 2007; frequent coverage of agriculture 's contribution to climate change, climate change impacts on agriculture, and consequences of climate politics for agriculture; and four prominent frames: conflict, scientific certainty, economic burden, and action. The paper concludes that climate change communicators addressing farmers and agricultural extension officers should pay attention to how these frames may be interpreted by different target audiences. Research is needed on how specialized media reports on climate-related issues and how science-based climate information is understood by different groups of farmers and which other factors influence farmers’ engagement in climate mitigation and adaptation.
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- Buhr, Katarina, et al.
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Communication approaches for carbon capture and storage : Underlying assumptions of limited versus extensive public engagement
- 2014
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Ingår i: Energy Research and Social Science. - : Elsevier. - 2214-6296 .- 2214-6326. ; 3, s. 5-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A pertinent issue in the literature on communication on emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) concerns the degree to which the public is actively involved in the communication process. While researchers have highlighted the pros and cons of limited versus extensive public engagement, the assumptions underlying various communication approaches have been largely neglected. Illuminating assumptions are important for scholarly understandings of what influences communication and for practitioner reflexive awareness in designing communication plans. This paper explores assumptions made about senders and receivers when involving the public to various degrees in CCS communication and how these assumptions relate to different communication objectives. We describe two contrasting communication approaches, the transmission and participatory approaches, relating them to CCS characteristics and research. We find that CCS communication may, deliberately or not, be based on different assumptions about the social framing of CCS concerning who should formulate the message, the public’s ability to understand complex science, the public’s interest in helping frame CCS, and whether public opinions should be taken into account. These assumptions also relate to different communication objectives – convincing the public or increasing dialogue – implying different communication fora, predictability, and input.
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- Ostwald, Madelene, 1966, et al.
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Mapping energy crop cultivation and identifying motivational factors among Swedish farmers
- 2013
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Ingår i: Biomass and Bioenergy. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-2909 .- 0961-9534. ; 50, s. 25-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Based on a meta-study, the paper describes the existing options, areal extents, and Swedish farmers' conditions for energy crop production promoted by the governments to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The drivers of and barriers to cultivating various energy crops are described in terms of a variety of motivational factors. The approach used peer-reviewed and gray literature using three Internet sources. Questions addressed include the energy crops available to Swedish farmers and how well established they are in terms of areal extent. What drivers of and barriers to growing energy crops do farmers perceive? How do various motivational factors for these drivers and barriers correspond to the adoption of certain energy crops? The results indicate that 13 energy-related crops are available, of which straw (a residue), oil crops, and wheat are the most extensively produced in terms of cultivated area. Results confirm earlier research findings that converting from annual to perennial crops and from traditional crops or production systems to new ones are important barriers. Economic motivations for changing production systems are strong, but factors such as values (e.g., esthetic), knowledge (e.g., habits and knowledge of production methods), and legal conditions (e.g., cultivation licenses) are crucial for the change to energy crops. Finally, there are knowledge gaps in the literature as to why farmers decide to keep or change a production system. Since the Swedish government and the EU intend to encourage farmers to expand their energy crop production, this knowledge of such motivational factors should be enhanced.
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- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-, et al.
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Communicating Climate Change through ICT-Based Visualization : Towards an Analytical Framework
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - Basel : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 5:11, s. 4760-4777
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The difficulties in communicating climate change science to the general public are often highlighted as one of the hurdles for support of enhanced climate action. The advances of interactive visualization using information and communication technology (ICT) are claimed to be a game-changer in our ability to communicate complex issues. However, new analytical frameworks are warranted to analyse the role of such technologies. This paper develops a novel framework for analyzing the content, form, context and relevance of ICT-based visualization of climate change, based on insights from literature on climate change communication. Thereafter, we exemplify the analytical framework by applying it to a pilot case of ICT-based climate visualization in a GeoDome. Possibilities to use affordable advanced ICT-based visualization devices in science and policy communication are rapidly expanding. We thus see wider implications and applications of the analytical framework not only for other ICT environments but also other issue areas in sustainability communication.
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- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
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Enhancing learning, communication and public engagement about climate change – some lessons from recent literature
- 2014
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Ingår i: Environmental Education Research. - : Routledge. - 1350-4622 .- 1469-5871. ; 20:3, s. 387-411
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper sets out to develop key messages for the theory and practice of environmental education from a review of recent research literature on climate change communication (CCC) and education. It focuses on how learners of climate science understand messages on climate change, the communicative contexts for education on climate change, the barriers that can be found to public engagement with climate change issues, and how these barriers can be addressed. 92 peer-reviewed studies were examined. The analysis focuses on the goals and strategies of CCC, and how barriers can be addressed given the research findings on: (a) the content of CCC, (b) visualizations, (c) framing, (d) audience segmentation. The paper concludes that CCC and education need to address barriers to public engagement on several levels simultaneously. It recommends that scholars of environmental education focus critical attention on how practice addresses senses and spheres of agency; sociocultural factors; and the complexities of developing scientific literacy given the interpretative frames and prior understandings that are brought to bear by the public in non-formal education settings.
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- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
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Fokusgrupper
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Ingår i: Videnskabelig teori og metode. - Copenhagen : Munksgaard Forlag. - 9788762812413 ; , s. 189-212
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
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Problem-based learning in environmental science higher education : promises, challenges and experiences
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Ingår i: Asian Journal of Education and Research Synergy. ; 3:1, s. 27-38
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reviews some of the main arguments advocating problem-based learning in higher education and asks the question “Is PBL suited for environmental science higher education?” The paper argues that there is a great potential in designing interdisciplinary study programmes in environmental science according to principles of PBL. Due to the rapid advances in the field of environmental science and policy, students need to develop their metacognitive awareness and be equipped with competencies for lifelong learning. PBL has proved to be a valuable tool for such endeavours, since it develops students’ capacity for self-directed learning. Examples are given from a bachelor programme in environmental science at Linköping University, Sweden, which is organised according to principles of problem-based learning.
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- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
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Social representations of climate change in Swedish lay focus groups : Local or distant, gradual or catastrophic?
- 2014
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Ingår i: Public Understanding of Science. - : Sage Publications. - 0963-6625 .- 1361-6609. ; 23:2, s. 204-219
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores social representations of climate change, investigating how climate change is discussed by Swedish laypeople interacting in focus group interviews. The analysis focuses on prototypical examples and metaphors, which were key devices for objectifying climate change representations. The paper analyzes how the interaction of focus group participants with other speakers, ideas, arguments, and broader social representations shaped their representations of climate change. Climate change was understood as a global but distant issue with severe consequences. There was a dynamic tension between representations of climate change as a gradual vs. unpredictable process. Implications for climate change communication are discussed.
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