A great many Americans are not concerned about or do not believe climate change exists because it does not affect their daily routine. In the Akerlof article, a number of shoreline residents were set up in small group deliberation to discuss rising sea levels and its effects on their community. The top priorities for these residents included material objects such as private property damage or loss. One of the main takeaways from the Bowers article was that audience segmentation is important and what is even more important is finding something each audience cares about. One way to segment these audiences is through their news consumption. However, with the abundance of slanted news, climate change has been inaccurately portrayed as a debate,
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However, there are many other actors and platforms that can be utilized throughout higher education, the media world and even elementary school classrooms. A great deal of these strategies rely on multidisciplinary approaches, for example, when Nisbet writes about higher education role in the Anthropocene, he discusses a number of ways that Humanities and Sciences can be combined to create immersive and cooperative degree programs. Programs such as these are already being implemented universities such as Oregon State and Kings College in London (Hart, Nisbet & Myers, 2015). These programs create dynamic critical thinkers that may contribute to initiatives such as knowledge-based journalism, a call for journalists to have areas of specialization so they can determine what is newsworthy and present facts accurately (Nisbet & Fahy, 2015). In the Gibson article, ten environmental journalists were interviewed regarding changes that may affect the newsroom, public opinion on climate change and what role adaptability plays in the lives of these journalists. Media and presentation of news is changing that breakneck speed, and many newsrooms are struggling to keep up. An overarching theme in these readings is that the environment is largely neglected, both in real life and in its news coverage. As Nisbet and Fahy write, journalists covering environmental beats are more than likely op-ed writers or political analysts because few newsrooms can afford people that exclusively report on the environment. In this way, climate change and the environment once more or put on the back burner once more. While there are environmental news companies such as Environmental and Energy Publishing, ProPublica and more, these news sources speak to very small audiences (Cox & Pezzulo,
However, there are many other actors and platforms that can be utilized throughout higher education, the media world and even elementary school classrooms. A great deal of these strategies rely on multidisciplinary approaches, for example, when Nisbet writes about higher education role in the Anthropocene, he discusses a number of ways that Humanities and Sciences can be combined to create immersive and cooperative degree programs. Programs such as these are already being implemented universities such as Oregon State and Kings College in London (Hart, Nisbet & Myers, 2015). These programs create dynamic critical thinkers that may contribute to initiatives such as knowledge-based journalism, a call for journalists to have areas of specialization so they can determine what is newsworthy and present facts accurately (Nisbet & Fahy, 2015). In the Gibson article, ten environmental journalists were interviewed regarding changes that may affect the newsroom, public opinion on climate change and what role adaptability plays in the lives of these journalists. Media and presentation of news is changing that breakneck speed, and many newsrooms are struggling to keep up. An overarching theme in these readings is that the environment is largely neglected, both in real life and in its news coverage. As Nisbet and Fahy write, journalists covering environmental beats are more than likely op-ed writers or political analysts because few newsrooms can afford people that exclusively report on the environment. In this way, climate change and the environment once more or put on the back burner once more. While there are environmental news companies such as Environmental and Energy Publishing, ProPublica and more, these news sources speak to very small audiences (Cox & Pezzulo,