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| DOI | 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1380092 |
| Navigating the climate change minefield: the influence of metaphor on climate doomism | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| EISSN | 2297-900X |
| 起始页码 | 9 |
| 卷号 | 9 |
| 英文摘要 | Climate doomism is an increasing concern for climate change communication. In the United States, this opinion regarding anthropogenic climate change is now more prevalent than climate skepticism, and is the primary reason cited for opposition to climate action. Doomism is the belief that catastrophic warming of the planet is now inevitable, and that effective mitigation is impossible. The behaviors resulting from this view are comparable to the result of climate skepticism: doomism produces paralyzing eco-anxiety and subsequently inaction. Prior work has hypothesized that the rise in climate doomism and eco-anxiety is linked to climate change risk communication. This study investigates the possibility that the metaphoric language used to communicate the severity and urgency of climate change could inadvertently promote doomism. We employ a survey model to test the influence of metaphoric language on perception of urgency, feasibility, and individual agency in relation to the climate crisis. American English-speaking participants (N = 1,542) read a paragraph describing climate change either as a cliff edge or minefield, with human agency manipulated to be present or absent. Responses were considered to be doomist if they reported a high sense of urgency, paired with a low sense of feasibility and/or agency; this indicates they have a high awareness of the risks associated with the climate crisis, but a low belief that it will be addressed, and/or that their actions can produce meaningful change. Use of either metaphor improved perceived feasibility without a reduction in urgency, indicating that metaphor is an effective climate communication strategy for conveying risk without promoting doomism. However, metaphoric presentation is only effective when paired with human agency, suggesting that agency is a necessary component for successful metaphoric climate communication strategies. |
| 英文关键词 | climate change; metaphor; doomism; eco-anxiety; agency; climate communication |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Communication |
| WOS类目 | Communication |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001224196200001 |
| 来源期刊 | FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/286060 |
| 作者单位 | University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Navigating the climate change minefield: the influence of metaphor on climate doomism[J],2024,9. |
| APA | (2024).Navigating the climate change minefield: the influence of metaphor on climate doomism.FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION,9. |
| MLA | "Navigating the climate change minefield: the influence of metaphor on climate doomism".FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION 9(2024). |
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