Overview
- Emphasises the need for narrative analysis in understanding the current political and public debate surrounding climate change
- Suggests an analytical scheme for investigating cultural narratives with the help of narrative and literary theory
- Presents the findings of the author’s narrative analyses of interviews with climate change advocates in the USA and Germany
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Sociology and Policy (PASTESP)
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About this book
Climate change is as much a cultural phenomenon as it is a natural one. This book is about those cultural patterns that surround our perception of the environmental crisis and which are embodied in the narratives told by climate change advocates. It investigates the themes and motifs in those narratives through the use of narrative theory and cultural sociology.
Developing a framework for cultural narrative analysis, Climate Change and Storytelling draws on qualitative interviews with stakeholders, activists and politicians in the USA and Germany to identify motifs and the relationships between heroes, villains and victims, as told by the messengers of the narrative.
This book will provide academics and practitioners with insights into the structure of climate change communication among climate advocates and the cultural fabric that informs it.
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Keywords
- climate change
- climate communication
- environmental sociology
- environmental communication
- cultural narrative analysis
- climate politics
- climate policy
- Narratives in Climate Change Communication
- Risk perception in Climate Change Communcation
- Risk Communication and Climate Change
- Environmental Geography
- climate change impacts
- Climate change management
Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This book provides with a clear conceptual diagnosis that helps understanding how the different narratives operate further positive changes in the communicative process. To my end, this represents a valuable endeavor that allows the formulations of concrete policies to avoid panic, indifference or anxiety.” (Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 27 (03), 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Annika Arnold is Senior Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS), Stuttgart University, Germany. She is an environmental and cultural sociologist whose research focuses on topics of sustainable development and environmental communication, largely from a cultural perspective.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change and Storytelling
Book Subtitle: Narratives and Cultural Meaning in Environmental Communication
Authors: Annika Arnold
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Sociology and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69383-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69382-8Published: 30 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69383-5Published: 18 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-5230
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5249
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 136
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Environment Studies, Environmental Geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change Management and Policy