Creative (Climate) Communications

Productive Pathways for Science, Policy and Society

By: Maxwell Boykoff

Write A Review

Paperback | 4 July 2019

At a Glance

Paperback
322 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
15.3 x 22.7 x 1.5

Paperback

RRP $75.95

$63.99

16%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $16.00 with

or

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

Conversations about climate change at the science-policy interface and in our lives have been stuck for some time. This handbook integrates lessons from the social sciences and humanities to more effectively make connections through issues, people, and things that everyday citizens care about. Readers will come away with an enhanced understanding that there is no ''silver bullet'' to communications about climate change; instead, a ''silver buckshot'' approach is needed, where strategies effectively reach different audiences in different contexts. This tactic can then significantly improve efforts that seek meaningful, substantive, and sustained responses to contemporary climate challenges. It can also help to effectively recapture a common or middle ground on climate change in the public arena. Readers will come away with ideas on how to harness creativity to better understand what kinds of communications work where, when, why, and under what conditions in the twenty-first century.

Industry Reviews

'This book appears at first to be a collection of buzzwords, adages, random thoughts, and quotations strung together using loose grammar and imprecise adverbs. There is more to it, however. Boykoff... delivers a strong argument that opposition to climate action cannot be overcome by lecturing about the science. He also provides many examples of innovative communication regarding climate science as facilitated by humor, whether the medium is video or work presented live on stage ... Additionally, the author supplies comprehensive citations to the literature on science communications. This alone makes the volume potentially helpful to PhD students, but Boykoff further offers an extensive discussion of the relationship between science and advocacy, making a useful distinction between advocating for acceptance of scientific findings and for the adoption of particular policies.' J. C. Berg, Choice

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.