NY Times Opinion: Global Warming Scare Tactics
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Alex Brown
Apr 9, 2014, 6:29:22 AM4/9/14
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Global Warming Scare Tactics
By TED NORDHAUS and MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER APRIL 8, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html
That 2009 citation is:
“Fear Won't Do It”: Promoting Positive Engagement With Climate Change Through Visual and Iconic Representations
Saffron O'Neill and Sophie Nicholson-Cole
Science Communication March 2009 vol. 30 no. 3 355-379
doi:10.1177/1075547008329201
http://scx.sagepub.com/content/30/3/355.short
Also at http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs3100/oneill_nicholson2009.pdf
By TED NORDHAUS and MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER APRIL 8, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/global-warming-scare-tactics.html
A frequently cited 2009 study in the journal Science Communication summed up the scholarly consensus. “Although shocking, catastrophic, and large-scale representations of the impacts of climate change may well act as an initial hook for people’s attention and concern,” the researchers wrote, “they clearly do not motivate a sense of personal engagement with the issue and indeed may act to trigger barriers to engagement such as denial.”
That 2009 citation is:
“Fear Won't Do It”: Promoting Positive Engagement With Climate Change Through Visual and Iconic Representations
Saffron O'Neill and Sophie Nicholson-Cole
Science Communication March 2009 vol. 30 no. 3 355-379
doi:10.1177/1075547008329201
http://scx.sagepub.com/content/30/3/355.short
Also at http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs3100/oneill_nicholson2009.pdf
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