With the start of the Fall semester, I posted below the reading list from the seminar I have taught the past few years at American University on ?Science, the Environment, and the Media.? ?I will be teaching the course again in the Spring, but this week as faculty colleagues put together syllabi and students search for resources, I thought this post might be useful. ?See also the blog posts at Big Think?s Age of Engagement by students from previous courses.
The course opens by covering major theories and questions in the field of science and environmental communication before moving to apply these basic principles to contemporary debates over climate change, energy, the food system, and child vaccination.
INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR THEMES AND ISSUES
Wynne, B. (2009).? Interview: Rationality and Ritual.? In Cayley, D. Ed,?Ideas:? On the Nature of Science.? Frederickton, CA: Goose Lane. [Also listen to episode.]
Brossard, D., & Lewenstein, B. V. (2009). A Critical Appraisal of Models of Public Understanding of Science: Using Practice to Inform Theory. In L. Kahlor & P. Stout (Eds.),?Communicating Science: New Agendas in Communication?(pp. 11-39). New York: Routledge.
Hartings, MR and Fahy, D. (2011). Communicating Chemistry for Public Engagement.?Nature Chemistry. Vol 3.September, pp 674-677. [PDF]
Kitcher, P. (2010). The Climate Change Debates.?Science. 328.?4 June. 1230-1234.
Sarewitz, Daniel. 2009. The Rightful Place of Science.?Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2009: 89-94. [PDF].
Brumfiel, J. (2009). Supplanting the Old Media??Nature, 458, 274-277. [PDF]
Olson, R. (2011). Dude, Where?s My Climate Change Movement? Presentation to 50th Anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund. [Watch the Video].
SCIENCE AND A PLURALISTIC, PARTICIPATORY PUBLIC
National Science Foundation (2012). Public Attitudes Towards Science and Technology.?Science and Engineering Indicators 2012.?Washington, DC: National Science Foundation. [PDF]
Nisbet, M.C. (2011).? Public Opinion and Political Participation.? In D. Schlosberg, J. Dryzek, & R. Norgaard (Eds.),?Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society.? London, UK: Oxford University Press. [HTML].
Nisbet, M.C. & Kotcher, J. (2009). A Two Step Flow of Influence? Opinion-Leader Campaigns on Climate Change.?Science Communication. [PDF]
Collins, M. & Pinch, T. (1998).?The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 113-56.
SCIENTISTS, EXPERT INSTITUTIONS, AND THE PUBLIC
Besley J. & Nisbet, M.C. (2011). How Scientists View the Public, the Media, and the Political Process.?Public Understanding of Science?[HTML].
Nisbet, M.C. & Scheufele, D.A. (2012, July 23). Opinion: Scientists? Intuitive Failures.?The Scientist.
Osmond et al (2010). The Role of Interface Organizations in Science Communication and Understanding.?Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.?[HTML]
Blackman, S. (2009). Promises, Promises.??The Scientist.?[HTML]
Fahy, D. (2011).?Richard Dawkins: A Critical Case Study of the Celebrity Scientist. Working Paper. Washington, D.C.: American University.
Nisbet, M.C. (2010). Do Scientists Have a Special Responsibility to Engage in Advocacy? Interview with Michael Nelson.?Age of Engagement blog, Big Think.com. [HTML].
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION
Guber, D. & Bosso, C. (2009).? Past the Tipping Point? Public Discourse and the Role of the Environmental Movement in a Post-Bush Era.? In?Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century, 7th ed., Norman Vig and Michael Kraft, eds. CQ Press, 2009: 51-74.
Schellenberger, M. & Nordhaus, T. (2004).??The Death of Environmentalism:? Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World.?The Breakthrough Institute.?[PDF]
Dunlap, R. & McCright, A. (2011). Organized Climate Change Denial. In?Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, ed. David Schlosberg, John Dryzek, and Richard Norgaard. Cambridge: Oxford University Press. [HTML]
Crompton, T. (2008).?Weathercocks and Signposts: The Environmental Movement at a Crossroads.? UK World Wildlife Fund. [PDF]
Hart, P., & Nisbet, E. (2011). Boomerang Effects in Science Communication: How Motivated Reasoning and Identity Cues Amplify Opinion Polarization About Climate Mitigation Policies?Communication Research. [HTML].
Nisbet, M.C. (2011). Designs to Win: Engineering Social Change.? Chapter 3 in?Climate Shift: Clear Vision for the Next Decade of Public Debate.?Washington, DC: American University. [HTML]
THE NEWS MEDIA, SCIENCE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Fahy, J. & Nisbet, M.C. (2011). The Science Journalist Online: Shifting Roles and Emerging Practices.??Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism. [HTML]
Revkin, A. (2011).??Conveying the Climate Story. Presentation to the Google Science Communication Fellows Program. [Watch the Online Video]
Nisbet, M.C. (2011). Death of a Norm? Evaluating False Balance in Media Coverage. Chapter 3 in?Climate Shift: Clear Vision for the Next Decade of Public Debate. Washington, DC: American University (HTML).
Feldman, L. et al. (2011). Climate on Cable: The Nature and Impact of Global Warming Coverage on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.?International Journal of Press/Politics. [HTML].
Scheufele, D.A & Nisbet, M.C. (in press). Online News and the Demise of Political Disagreement.?Communication Yearbook. [HTML]
Nisbet, M.C. (2012, May). ?The News Media and Science Policy Debates. ?Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication. National Academies. Washington, D.C. [VIDEO]
THE VACCINE DEBATE
Kwok, R. (2011, May 26). The Real Issues in Vaccine Safety.??Nature.?(PDF).
Watch?Frontline special ?The Vaccine Wars.? [Online Video].
Watch interview segments with Seth Mnookin, author of the?Panic Virus (Online Video).
Greenfield, K.T. (2010, Feb. 25). The Autism Debate? Who?s Afraid of Jenny McCarthy??Time magazine. [HTML]
Sonnies, S. (2011, Feb. 8). Frontline?s The Vaccine Debate: The Politics of Parents and Medicine.?Age of Engagement blog at Big Think.com. [HTML]
Mikulak, A. (2011). Mismatches between ?Scientific? and ?Non-Scientific? Ways of Knowing and Their Contributions to Public Understanding of Science.??Integrative
Psychological and Behavioral Science, 45, 2, 201-205. [Abstract]
Holton, A., Weberling, B., Clarke, C. E., & Smith, M. J. (2012). The Blame Frame: Media Attribution of Culpability About the MMR?Autism Vaccination Scare.??Health Communication. [Abstract]
Fowler, E. F., Gollust, S. E., Dempsey, A. F., Lantz, P. M., & Ubel, P. A. (2012). Issue Emergence, Evolution of Controversy, and Implications for Competitive Framing The Case of the HPV Vaccine.?The International Journal of Press/Politics, 17(2), 169-189.?[Abstract]
FOOD, DIET, AND HEALTH CLAIMS
The Food Movement and Diet Debates
Taubes, G. (2011, April 13). Is Sugar Toxic??New York Times magazine. [HTML]
Saguy, A. C., & Almeling, R. (2008). Fat in the Fire? Science, the News Media, and the ?Obesity Epidemic.?Sociological Forum, 23, 1, 53?83. [Abstract]
Hughner, R. S., McDonagh, P., Prothero, A., Shultz, I., Clifford, J., & Stanton, J. (2007). Who are Organic Food Consumers? A Compilation and Review of Why People
Purchase Organic Food.?Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 6(2 3), 94-110. [Abstract]
Pollan, M. (2009, July 2009). Out of the Kitchen, On to the Couch.??New York Times magazine (HTML]
PBS NOW special on?Food Inc. [Watch Online Video].
Food Inc. Communication Engagement Guides [Planning Toolkit] [Community Action Guide]
Navigating Health Claims and Marketing
Caulfield, T. (2012). ?The Cure for Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness.? Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Watch video interviews with Caulfied.
Palmer, E. L., & Carpenter, C. F. (2006). Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Youth: Trends and Issues.?Media Psychology, 8(2), 165-190. ?[Abstract]
THE ENERGY DEBATE
Energy policy in the context of the climate debate
Nisbet, M.C. (2009). Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter to Public Engagement. ?Environment, 51 (2), 12-23. [HTML]
Nisbet, M.C. (2009). Green Groups Rebrand Global Warming Around Public Health. Age of Engagement. [HTML]
Understanding the energy beat
Russell, C. (2009, Sept/Oct). The New Energy Beat. Columbia Journalism Review. [HTML]
Russell, C. (2011, April 8). The Importance of Energy Reporters. Columbia Review of Journalism. [HTML]
Clean energy technology
Eilperin, J. (2012, Jan. 20). Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust. Wired. [HTML]
Pew Center for People and the Press (2011, November). Partisan Divided Over Clean Energy Grows. [HTML]
Gulf oil spill and gas prices
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism (2010, AUG. 25). How the Media Covered the Gulf Oil Spill?Disaster. [HTML]
Pew Center for People and the Press (2012, March 19).? As Gas Prices Pinch, Support for Oil and Gas Production Grows.?[HTML]
Nuclear energy
The Economist (2012, March 10). The Dream that Failed. The Economist. [HTML]
Friedman, S. (2011, Sept./Oct). Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima: An analysis of traditional and new media coverage of nuclear accidents and radiation.?Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [PDF]
Russell, C. (2012, March 12). Pessimism Reigns a Year after Fukushima. Columbia Journalism Review. [HTML]
Russell, C. (2011, March 14). What the Media Doesn?t Get about Meltdowns. The Atlantic. [HTML]
Pew Center for the People and the Press (2011, March 21). Opposition to Nuclear Power Rises amid Japanese Crisis. [HTML]
See also student posts from last year?s course:
D?Angel, E. (2011, April 25). Analyzing the Frame Battle Over Coal as a Dirty Energy Source.?Age of Engagement blog at Big Think.com?[HTML]
Nagle, M. (2011, May 9). Gasland and Dirty Business: Documentaries Shape Debate on Energy Policy.??Age of Engagement blog at Big Think.com. [HTML]
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