TY - CHAP

T1 - Media communication on climate change and coastal protection:

AU - Heinrichs, Harald

AU - Peters, Hans Peter

N1 - Conference code: 8

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - Global climate change has been one of the most prominent transnational risks for the last 15 years. For most citizens the media coverage is the main source to get information about this science-based risk issue. In order to gain better understanding of the communicative and cognitive processes of mediareception and interpretation, we conducted a quasi-experimental study. The results confirm studies which claim, that the impact of media coverage on the audience depend on culture-specific interpretative processes of the recipients.

AB - Global climate change has been one of the most prominent transnational risks for the last 15 years. For most citizens the media coverage is the main source to get information about this science-based risk issue. In order to gain better understanding of the communicative and cognitive processes of mediareception and interpretation, we conducted a quasi-experimental study. The results confirm studies which claim, that the impact of media coverage on the audience depend on culture-specific interpretative processes of the recipients.

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Communication

KW - Media and Public opinion

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 84-497-0122-8

SP - 226

EP - 228

BT - Scientific knowledge and cultural diversity

A2 - Bonmatí, Bibiana

PB - Rubes Editorial S.L.

Y2 - 3 June 2004 through 6 June 2004

ER -