Climate Change and Storytelling Narratives and Cultural Meaning in Environmental Communication /

• Main Author: Arnold, Annika (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Sociology and Policy
• Subjects: Environmental sociology.; Environment.; Environmental geography.; Climate change.; Environmental Sociology.; Environment Studies.; Environmental Geography.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

Climate change is as much a cultural phenomenon as it is a natural one. This book is about those cultural patterns that surround our perception of the environmental crisis and which are embodied in the narratives told by climate change advocates. It investigates the themes and motifs in those narrat...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Why Narratives Matter in Climate Change Communication
• 2. Climate Change Communication Studies: Inquiries into Beliefs, Information and Stories
• 3. How to Understand the Role of Narratives in Environmental Communication: Cultural Narrative Analysis
• 4. Telling the Stories of Climate Change: Structure and Content
• 5. Conclusion: Pitfalls and the Power of Narratives.