ERIC Number: EJ1167596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
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Framing Climate Change Communication to Prompt Individual and Collective Action among Adolescents from Agricultural Communities
Stevenson, Kathryn T.; King, Tasha L.; Selm, Kathryn R.; Peterson, M. Nils; Monroe, Martha C.
Environmental Education Research, v24 n3 p365-377 2018
Climate communication research suggests strategic message framing may help build public consensus on climate change causes, risks and solutions. However, few have investigated how framing applies to adolescents. Similarly, little research has focused on agricultural audiences, who are among the most vulnerable to and least accepting of climate change. Among 950 high school agriculture students in North Carolina, we found agriculture and environment framing of climate change, but not community and health frames, elicited feelings of worry, and these together with community frames elicited hope. Further, students feeling more worry were more supportive of individual and collective action. Those accepting climate change and females had more emotive responses and higher support for all action measures, and acceptance of human causes predicted more worry and support for collective action. We find these results encouraging as agriculture teachers likely employ agriculture and environment frames when following best teaching practices.
Descriptors: Climate, Adolescents, Agricultural Education, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
Grant or Contract Numbers: 11832784