Essays about: "climate change contrarianism"

Found 1 essay containing the words climate change contrarianism.

  1. 1. Mapping the Terrain and Avoiding the Minefield: identifying the antagonistic constructions and socio-emotional motives of climate change contrarianism in the United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ida Britta Petrelius; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainability science; climate change contrarianism; antagonism; polarization; counter-narrative; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since climate change reached public attention in the US, contrarian platforms have successfully established a counter-narrative to plant an illusion of deep controversy around the reality of climate change, effectively reproduced in conservative media. Despite growing scientific knowledge, a trend of enhanced, rather than decreasing, affiliation to contrarianism is paradoxically evident in the US. READ MORE