More than entertainment: YouTube and public responses to the science of global warming and climate change

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shapiro ◽  
Han Woo Park
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Youtube Videos

The public receives and presents science-related information on global warming and climate change in many forms, but little is known about how this information is conveyed through the Internet. More specifically, very few studies have considered YouTube videos focusing on climate change. This study provides a better understanding of how this type of information may be disseminated through several levels of analysis. For this purpose, the exact narrative for the 10 most popular videos about climate change was first established by concentrating particularly on the presentation of the science of climate change. Then the public’s responses to and engagement in each video were examined through a semantic analysis of comments on the video. The results indicate that, regardless of the narrative, science-based comments dominated, but often discussed climate change in general instead of specific videos to which they were attached. In the absence of gatekeepers, YouTube users rode the coattails of popular videos about climate change and addended the videos’ messages by highlighting evidence of weak, strong, or politicized science.

scholarly journals Conflict about Climate Change at the American Meteorological Society: Meteorologists’ Views on a Scientific and Organizational Controversy

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Stenhouse ◽  
Allison Harper ◽  
Xiaomei Cai ◽  
Sara Cobb ◽  
Anne Nicotera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Scientific Societies ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Meteorological Society ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Survey Responses

Abstract This article analyzes open-ended survey responses to understand how members of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) perceive conflict within the AMS over global warming. Of all survey respondents, 53% agreed that there was conflict within the AMS; of these individuals who perceived conflict, 62% saw it as having at least some productive aspects, and 53% saw at least some unproductive aspects. Among members who saw a productive side to the conflict, most agreed as to why it was productive: debate and diverse perspectives enhance science. However, among members who saw an unproductive side, there was considerable disagreement as to why. Members who are convinced of largely human-caused climate change expressed that debate over global warming sends an unclear message to the public. Conversely, members who are unconvinced of human-caused climate change often felt that their peers were closed-minded and suppressing unpopular views. These two groups converged, however, on one point: politics was seen as an overwhelmingly negative influence on the debate. This suggests that scientific organizations faced with similar conflict should understand that there may be a contradiction between legitimizing all members’ views and sending a clear message to the public about the weight of the evidence. The findings also reinforce the conclusion that attempts by scientific societies to directly address differences in political views may be met with strong resistance by many scientists.

scholarly journals Climate predictions: the influence of nonlinearity and randomness

2012 ◽  
Vol 370 (1962) ◽  
pp. 1007-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Michael T. Thompson ◽  
Jan Sieber
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systematic Biases ◽  
Earth’S Climate ◽  
Public Demand

The current threat of global warming and the public demand for confident projections of climate change pose the ultimate challenge to science: predicting the future behaviour of a system of such overwhelming complexity as the Earth's climate. This Theme Issue addresses two practical problems that make even prediction of the statistical properties of the climate, when treated as the attractor of a chaotic system (the weather), so challenging. The first is that even for the most detailed models, these statistical properties of the attractor show systematic biases. The second is that the attractor may undergo sudden large-scale changes on a time scale that is fast compared with the gradual change of the forcing (the so-called climate tipping).

TV and Cable News Coverage of Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil T. Gavin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
Cable News ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Consensus ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Country Specific

Television and cable are two routes by which broadcasters reach the public. Citizens are known to rely on a variety of media sources; however, television is seen by people in a very wide range of geographical locales, as a main or major source of reliable and trusted information. The coverage of climate change by broadcasters is, however, modest relative to press coverage of the topic and reports on topics other than global warming. Journalists in the televisual media can struggle to justify the inclusion of climate change in programming because it can lack the “newsworthiness” that draws editors and reporters to other issues. A range of incentives and pressures have tended to ensure that commentary and claims that stand outside the scientific consensus are represented in “balanced” reporting. The literature on broadcast programming output on climate change is highly diverse and often country specific. Nevertheless, certain features do stand out across locales, notably a focus on alarming (and possibly alarmist) commentary, limited reporting on the causes and consequences of climate change, and widespread reproduction of climate sceptic claims. These common forms of coverage seem unlikely to prompt full understanding of, serious engagement with, or concern about the issue.

The Climate Change and Air Pollution

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-226
Author(s):  
A. S. Maheshwari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Bill Gates ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Harmful Effects

Environmental pollution states the toxification by different forms of pollutants in the surroundings. This causes the natural system imbalance and affects the life on earth in different ways. The emissions of pollutants into air result in climate changes. The rising levels of CO2 and other air-polluting gases increase the greenhouse effect which results in temperature elevations and affects global weather patterns. Bill Gates also warned “Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved; it deserves to be a huge priority”. Though climate change and air pollution are closely linked, these are treated as separate problems. Hence, it is aimed to understand the aspects of association between climate change and air pollution in this chapter with the objectives: (i) To know the basics of climate change and air pollution, (ii) To review the active background studies on climate change as well as on air pollution, (iii) To identify the issues, controversies, problems which include the effects of global warming and greenhouse gases followed by the types of air pollutants and its harmful effects, (iv) To find the solutions and recommendations, the discussions are made on climate laws and policies, (v) To retrieve, analyze and store the climate change related information, the description about models, tools and databases are given, (vi) To have a flawless insights on the association of climate change and air pollution, (vii) To exemplify species indicators for the assessment of the effect of air pollution on climate change are also included. As Bernie Sanders said “Climate change is a planetary crisis. We've got to act, and we have to act boldly”.

scholarly journals Physics Behind the Climate Change

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
Jeevan Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Cost

There is an urgent need for science to inform society about the cost of failure to address the global warming. The challenges offered by global climate change have not been fully recognized by the public and decision making bodies. The severity of climate change has not been taken seriously. It is limited to declarations and propagandas only. Time has come to act globally. The Himalayan Physics Vol. 5, No. 5, Nov. 2014 Page: 98-101

scholarly journals GREEN INITIATIVES OF SBI: A CUSTOMER-CENTRIC STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Neeraja T S ◽  
Dr Raji Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Products ◽  
The Public ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Awareness Level

Green banking is the topic of discussion in the current era of global warming and climate change. India banking system has taken the concept of green banking into consideration and the circular issued by RBI in 2013 regarding green banking is the proof of its relevance. SBI is a bank in the public sector which has taken green banking into next level. The initiatives taken by the bank in implementing green banking is remarkable and this study intends to conduct an in-depth study about the green products offered by the bank. The article also analyses the concept of green banking from the side of customers. The awareness level of customers regarding various green product is looked into. An in-depth analysis of the benefits and satisfaction of green banking is also done from the perspective of customers. KEYWORDS: Green Banking, Sustainable Banking, Green Products, Paperless Banking

scholarly journals ANALYZING THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR RWH IN JAPAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Xiaohuan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Urban Flooding ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Single Family ◽  
The Public

Citizen participation of rainwater harvesting is a valuable practice to mitigate problems such as groundwater mining, land subsidence, and urban flooding cause by global warming and urbanization in japan. In this study, we defined rainwater harvesting as activities carried out by citizens aimed at using rainwater, and examining the hypothesis that people’s willingness to work (WTW) and willingness to pay (WTP) for rainwater harvesting differ depending on their lifestyles and experience of using rainwater. We conducted a survey over the internet in August 2017, covering 1,794 people in Japan. The survey questions addressed three areas: (1) respondents’ lifestyles, (2) their experience of using rainwater, and (3) their willingness to participate in rainwater harvesting. As the results, we concluded that activities that ask for time or labor are preferable to those that ask for money, and people’s WTW and WTP do in fact differ based on lifestyle. Older people, full-time housewives/husbands, and non-workers have comparatively more time for participating in rainwater harvesting, and showed more interest in activities that ask for time or labor. Men and owners of single-family homes have higher annual incomes and thus greater WTP for rainwater harvesting. Moreover, WTW and WTP differed depending on whether a person had experience using rainwater. Men and younger people having more experience than women and elderly people.　However, there were only 10% of the public has experience using rainwater, which shows that　there is room to further promote rainwater harvesting.

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