Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement

N Geiger, T Dwyer, JK Swim - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Researchers are increasingly examining whether hope can motivate action on climate
change, or conversely, whether it might demotivate such action. We present a meta-analysis …

The effect of information provision on consumers' risk perceptions of, support for a ban, and behavioral intention towards the preventive use of antibiotics in food …

Y Zhou, A Zhang, RD van Klinken, J Wang - BMC Public Health, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Antibiotics have been widely used in feed and drinking water for food animals
to prevent them from getting sick. Such preventive use of antibiotics has become a …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of fear appeals on reactance in climate change communication

L Bilfinger, B Brummernhenrich, R Jucks - Journal of Experimental Social …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Addressing the existential threat posed by climate change requires urgent actions, both on
an individual level and on a policy level. In the present research, we applied an emotion …

Can you picture it? Effects of positive and negative depictions of climate futures on climate action intentions

CLC Troy, M Norman, N Kim, C Skurka… - Journal of environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Media messages about climate change are often negative, depicting dire future
consequences if action is not taken. While the fear elicited by such messages may motivate …

[PDF][PDF] Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative

R Preiser, T Hichert, R Biggs… - Development Policy …, 2024‏ - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Motivation: Foresight methods are increasingly recognized as essential for decision-making
in complex environments, particularly within development and research settings. As …

“Hide Our Heads in the Sand”: Environmental information avoidance motives in the United States

MB Deline, LN Rickard, M Katreeb… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Information avoidance (IA) is a prevalent information behavior that is used by people to
understand and act on environmental issues, yet is understudied in the environmental field …

Evidence of emotions and psychological defences in urban water-efficiency campaigns' communications

HC Ross, DM Jones, S Shouldice, C Ling… - Water …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
We analysed fourteen different American water-efficiency campaigns for evidence of (1)
explicit and implicit emotions,(2) explicit and implicit mortality reminders, and (3) cultural …

Prolegomenon: A Geoengineering Primer

M Beech - Geoengineering and Climate Change: Methods, Risks …, 2025‏ - books.google.com
Geoengineering encompasses many potential actions that set out to deliberately lower the
aggregate temperature of the Earth's atmosphere. Such actions typically look to enhance the …

Framing Climate Change: The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Self-and Social-Framing Messages on Climate Change Outcomes and Public Segmentation in China

X Ma - 2024‏ - search.proquest.com
Background and Purpose. Climate change is an urgent global issue, and China, as the
world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, plays a crucial role in the global response to …

Changing the Communication for a Changing Climate: Effects of Climate Change Communication on Identity, Emotions, and Mobilization

L Schwartz - 2024‏ - digitalcommons.hamline.edu
What are the most constructive emotions to evoke in climate change communication for
diverse groups of people in a way that encourages pro-environmental behavior? A specific …