A Communicational Disconnect: Establishing Superordinate Identities in Climate Communication Through Transgenerational Responsibility

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Authors

  • Julia Aylin Lehnert
  • Sara Doody
  • Justin Steinburg
  • Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher

This paper explores opportunities for intergenerational communication to foster collective climate action and justice. While climate change communication can be framed as a site of intergenerational conflict and blame, we consider how the concept of superordinate identities offers rhetorical possibilities for generational coalition building to ultimately facilitate joint climate action.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftTechnical Communication Quarterly
Jahrgang32
Ausgabenummer3
Seiten (von - bis)303-309
Anzahl der Seiten7
ISSN1057-2252
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 06.2023

Bibliographische Notiz

Funding Information:
This article draws on research supported by the Canada Research Chairs program; Government of Ontario Early Research Award; Mitacs Gloablink Research Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [Insight Grant].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.

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