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Climate Change, Media & Culture: Critical Issues in Global Environmental Communication

ISBN: 978-1-78769-968-7, eISBN: 978-1-78769-967-0

Publication date: 14 October 2019

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(2019), "Index", Pinto, J., Gutsche, R.E. and Prado, P. (Ed.) Climate Change, Media & Culture: Critical Issues in Global Environmental Communication, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-967-020191011

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with by numbers indicate footnotes.

Academics
, 84–87

Adobe Photoshop software
, 40

Agenda building
, 95

Agenda setting theory
, 95

Alberta, climate change discourse in
, 73–74

descriptive profile of survey samples
, 79

findings
, 80–87

logistic regression
, 85

methodology and sampling
, 78–80

news coverage
, 79–80, 84–87

news media use and trust in sources
, 76–78

sources of information
, 83

survey data
, 78–84

trust in information sources
, 83

voice
, 74–76

voice in Edmonton Journal news coverage
, 86

ANCOVA
, 42–43, 47

Anger
, 22, 37, 41, 43

Animalistic imagery
, 125

ANOVA
, 42

Anthropomorphic causes of climate change, belief in
, 41, 48–49

Apocalyptic sublime
, 134

Art and climate change science integration
, 130

critiques of art as vehicle for climate change communication
, 134

(lack of) research to demonstrating effects of art-based climate communication
, 132–134

opportunities and constraints
, 134–135

procedure
, 130–131

theory and promise for communicating climate change through art
, 131–132

Art media, content, and goals of online sites and videos
, 135–144

Art representation

associated with image frames in climate change news stories
, 144, 148–149

climate change visual frames and themes
, 144–149

coding operationalization
, 147

correlations for co-occurrence
, 147

procedure
, 144

results and implications
, 149–150

Art-based climate communication
, 132–134

Balanced journalism
, 4

Banality of recovery
, 21–23

Black communities
, 13, 14–15, 29

Black spaces

dumping of storm debris in
, 14

reconfiguring and reimagining of
, 27–29

“Burning Embers”
, 5

Canadian news consumption
, 76

Carbon emissions
, 4

Cartooning
, 113, 118

semiotic analysis of environmental cartoons
, 122–126

semiotics as tool to interpreting environmental cartoons
, 120–121

state of environmental protection in Nigeria
, 114–117

as tool for environmental activism
, 117–120

Civic engagement
, 54

Clear Path organization
, 39–40, 43

Climate Central and Climate Wire
, 57

Climate change
, 1–2, 33

art media, content, and goals of online sites and videos
, 135–144

art representation associated with image frames
, 144–154

capturing complexities of climate communication
, 5–6

communication through art and science
, 129

impacts
, 40, 53–54

integration of art and climate change science
, 130–135

journalism as social and cultural construction
, 56–58

message frames
, 34–35

from news to arts
, 6–8

online sites
, 143

online sources
, 137–142

perception as a moral issue
, 42

as politically controversial subject
, 57

politics
, 3–5

reporting in Ghana
, 94–96

Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference
, 99

“Climate deniers”
, 4

Climate mitigation policies
, 48–49

Climate Reality Project
, 119

Climate scientists
, 77

Climate-change-as-environmental-problem frame
, 37

Climate-related events
, 5

Climate-related message
, 34

Climate-sensitive diseases
, 98

Clustering-based approach
, 146

Coastal population adaptation strategies
, 5

Collaboration
, 100, 110, 136, 144

arts-sciences
, 129

interdisciplinary
, 133

Collective action
, 144

Communication

through art and science
, 129

art-based climate
, 132–134

critiques of art as vehicle for climate change
, 134

environmental racism and
, 16–17

“knowledge deficit” model
, 130

visual
, 132

Compassion
, 35–37, 41, 43

Connotators
, 121

Connoted image (see Symbolic message)

Connoted linguistic message
, 121

Construal level theory
, 33, 37–38

Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
, 116

Copenhagen summit
, 75

Critical discourse analysis
, 17

Cross-sectoral approach
, 101

Cultural meanings of news
, 14–15

Daily Graphic (Newspaper)
, 94

“Dangerous anthropogenic interference”
, 3–4

Debris disposal
, 19

in Miami-Dade County post-Hurricane Irma
, 21

Denialism
, 4

“Deniers”
, 57, 75

Denoted image (see Literal message)

Denoted linguistic message
, 121

Desertification
, 114

Distant hypotheses
, 63–64

Don’t Trash Nigeria (Cartoon)
, 122

Earthworks
, 114

Eco-cartoons
, 119, 122

Eco-images
, 119

Ecologist movement
, 114

Edmonton Journal
, 74, 78–80, 84, 87–89

Emotional arousal
, 35–36

Emotional responses
, 41

Entertainment representations
, 8

EnviroNews (online magazine)
, 114, 119, 122

EnviroNews organization
, 119

Environment-as-public-health-concern narrative
, 33

Environmental activism, cartooning as tool for
, 117–120

Environmental cartoons

semiotic analysis of
, 122–126

semiotics as tool to interpreting
, 120–121

Environmental consciousness
, 123–124

Environmental crisis
, 14–17

Environmental frame condition
, 40

Environmental messages
, 38

Environmental organizations
, 77, 114

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
, 97, 101

Environmental Protection Agency Decree
, 115, 120

Environmental racism
, 14, 27, 29

and communication
, 16–17

cultural meanings of news
, 15

journalistic interpretations of environmental crisis and
, 14

in Miami-Dade County post-Hurricane Irma
, 21

news, race, and power
, 15–16

Exemplification theory
, 35

Explanatory model
, 36

Extreme heat episodes
, 2

Fear
, 41

Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA)
, 115

Federal Government (FG)
, 123

Flood
, 58

Flooding in Miami Beach
, 55

Forest for the Future of New Forest for Africa (Theme)
, 99

Forestry Act (1958)
, 115

Fort McMurray wildfire
, 74

Fossil fuels
, 3

Framing
, 96

“Galamsey” in Ghana
, 102

Garbage disposal
, 23–27

Ghana
, 93

climate change and manifestations
, 96–98

climate change and policy/regulation frameworks
, 100–101

climate change reporting
, 94–96

dealing with climate change
, 98–100

economy
, 96

forests
, 97

framing of stories
, 103–107

implications
, 107–108

recommendation
, 110

Ghanaian audience
, 95

Ghanaian environment
, 100

Ghanaian farmers
, 97

Ghanaian media
, 108

and climate change reportage
, 102

Ghanaian Times (Newspaper)
, 94

Ghanaians
, 96–97

GhanaWeb
, 94, 103

Global Free Press, The
, 114, 122, 126, 126

Global heating
, 1

Global warming (see also Climate change)
, 4, 114

human activity impacts on
, 8

Global warming
, 58–59

Globe and Mail
, 75–76, 78, 88

Google Scholar
, 130

Government employees’ voices
, 75–76

Governmental actors
, 74

Greenhouse gas emissions
, 3

“Ground zero” of climate change
, 7, 53

Grounded theory
, 17

Guardian, The
, 1, 8

Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control in Nigeria (2007)
, 115

Guinness’ 4R waste management model
, 116

Harm/care morality
, 41

Harmful waste
, 115–116, 120

Herald, The (see Miami Herald, The)

Hierarchical linear regressions
, 43

predicting policy attitudes
, 44–46

High-quality museum projects
, 135

Hope
, 41, 43

Houston Chronicle
, 74, 88

Human-induced climate change
, 3

Hurricane Irma (2017)
, 13–14, 21–22

Iconic signs
, 120

Ideology
, 84

Indexical signs
, 120

Inland flooding
, 2

Interest group actors
, 74

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 1–2, 5, 84

International NGOs
, 119

International partners
, 100

“Join or Die” political cartoon
, 113

Journalists
, 75

“Knowledge deficit” model of communication
, 130

Koko toxic waste dumping incident (1988)
, 115–116, 121n3

Land Use Decree (1978)
, 115

Last wish, The (Cartoon)
, 123

Liberty City
, 13, 17

Linguistic message
, 121

Literal message
, 121

Local journalism
, 54, 63–64

Marginalized geographies
, 28

analysis
, 21

banality of recovery
, 21–23

garbage disposal, racial invisibility, and politics of placement
, 23–27

Hurricane Irma (2017)
, 13–14

journalistic interpretations of environmental crisis and racism
, 14–17

methods
, 17–20

Virginia Key
, 27–29

Mass media
, 53

Maximum likelihood estimator
, 47–48

Message frame
, 33–34

variable
, 43

Message-related variables
, 35

Message-relevant health issues
, 42

Messaging strategies
, 33

Miami

definition
, 55, 66

as ground zero for sea level rise
, 54–55

Miami Herald, The
, 24–28, 53

Miami New Times
, 21, 25, 27–28

Miami Vice (TV show)
, 55

Miami-Dade County
, 22

Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)
, 101, 103

Mixed method approach
, 73, 78

Mock Twitter pages
, 39

MoFA
, 104

Montreal Protocol on Substances Deplete Ozone Layer (1992)
, 115–116

Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ20)
, 41

Moral foundations theory
, 33, 38

Mplus Version 7.2 software
, 47

Multiple voices
, 75

Museums
, 135

Myjoyonline
, 94

National Climate Adaptation Strategy
, 101

National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
, 97

National Climate Change Policy
, 101

National Conference on Resource Conservation for Ghana’s Sustainable Development
, 100

National Environmental Management Agency (NEMA)
, 123–124

National Oil Spill Contingency Plan
, 100

National Plan of Action to Combat Desertification
, 100

National Post
, 75–76

National Protection (Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste) Regulations (1991)
, 115

Neutral news stories
, 104

News
, 15–16

content
, 56

media
, 14, 76–78

pegs uses
, 60, 62–63

social influence of
, 15

Nigeria, state of environmental protection in
, 114–117

Nigeria cartoons
, 118

Nigeria Info Radio
, 117, 125

Nigeria-based civil society organizations
, 114

Nigerian government’s efforts
, 116

Nigerian media coverage
, 116

Nigerian print media
, 119

Non-English language media
, 5–6

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 87, 114

Non-hypothesis driven approach
, 17

Observer, The
, 114

Odupute’s cartoon
, 123

Oil Navigable Waters Decree (1968)
, 115

Online news portals
, 108

Paris Accord (2015)
, 98–99

Paris climate
, 4

Paris Climate Agreement
, 94

Path analysis
, 47

Perceived personal relevance
, 42

Perceived severity of climate change
, 42

Perceived temporal distance
, 49

Personification
, 33, 35–37

Petroleum Decree (1969)
, 115

Pig metaphor
, 125

Policy support attitudes
, 42

Political ideology
, 41

Politicization
, 56–57

Politics

of climate change
, 3–5

of placement
, 23–27

Pollution
, 114

Port Harcourt
, 117

Post-Irma debris cleanup timeline
, 20

Post-storm coverage
, 14

Power
, 15–16

Progressive Conservative Party (PCs Party)
, 74

Provincial/state government voices
, 86–87

Public attitudes
, 57

Qualtrics panels
, 39

Quarries Decree (1969)
, 115

Race
, 15–16

Racial invisibility
, 23–27

Reliability
, 80

Reporting climate change as local story
, 60–61

climate change impacts
, 53–54

climate change journalism as social and cultural construction
, 56–58

climate change reporting and Tyranny of News Peg
, 58

defining Miami
, 55

definition of “Miami”
, 66

distant hypotheses, local realities spur coverage
, 63–64

geographic scope and specificity of climate coverage
, 60

method
, 58–59

Miami as ground zero for sea level rise
, 54–55

network of content
, 64–65

news categories and timing of coverage
, 60–62

reliability
, 60

results
, 60

tyranny of local impacts
, 65–66

use of news pegs
, 60, 62–63

Representativeness heuristic
, 36

Royal Dutch company in Ogoniland of Nigeria
, 125

Scientists
, 84–87

Sea Fisheries Decree (1971)
, 115

Sea level rise (see also Global warming)
, 58–59

Miami as ground zero for
, 54–55

Semiotic

analysis of environmental cartoons
, 122–126

as tool to interpreting environmental cartoons
, 120–121

Signals
, 120

Skeptics
, 57

Skin cancer
, 36

Social influence of news
, 15

Social media
, 24, 135

messages
, 48–49

Social media climate change post effects

ANCOVA
, 42–43

climate change message frames
, 34–35

construal level theory
, 37–38

hierarchical linear regressions predicting policy attitudes
, 44–46

maximum likelihood estimator
, 47–48

measures
, 41–42

message frame
, 33–34

methods
, 39

moral foundations
, 38

participants
, 39

path model results
, 47

personification
, 35–37

procedures
, 40–41

research questions
, 38

results
, 42

social media messages
, 48–49

stimuli
, 39–40

theoretical explanations
, 35

Social norms
, 135

Spatial distance
, 41

Sterling Bank
, 116

Sterling Environmental Makeover (SEM)
, 116

Stimulus messages
, 40

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
, 116

Strong market economy
, 3

“#StopGalamseynow” campaign
, 102–103, 106, 108

“#StopTheSoot” movement
, 117, 125

Sunday Times
, 118

Symbolic message
, 121

Symbolic signs
, 120

Temporal distance
, 41–42

Territorial Waters Decree (1967)
, 115

Tidal flooding
, 66

Toronto Star
, 75

Trust in information sources
, 76–77, 83

Twitter
, 39

Tyranny of local impacts
, 65–66

Tyranny of News Peg, climate change reporting and
, 58

United Nation Framework on Climate Change (1992)
, 116

Urbanization
, 97

“Urbanization and sanitation” (Cartoon)
, 124

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
, 77

Validity
, 80

Virginia Key
, 13, 17, 27–29

Vision 2020 Committee
, 117

Visual

communication about climate change
, 132

exemplars
, 36

human exemplars
, 36–37, 40

imagery
, 132

rhetoric
, 120–121

semiotics
, 120

Voice
, 74–76

codes and exemplars
, 81–82

in Edmonton Journal news coverage
, 86

Warming Arctic
, 2

Warming Earth
, 2

Weather patterns changing
, 53

Wildrose party
, 83–84

World Climate Change Conference
, 98

“World egg, The” (Cartoon)
, 126

“World water week” (Cartoon)
, 125

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
, 114