Finding a Place for Deliberation and Democracy in the Manufactroversy about Climate Change
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The Science Communication Project @ISU was founded in 2010 with the goal of enhancing collaborative research on, education for, and the practice of public science communication, broadly conceived. Our biennial symposia- which include public presentations of multidisciplinary research and interactive workshops- bring together a network of scholars who share interests in public engagement of science, environmental communication, natural resource management, and agriscience. Conference proceedings showcase research, evaluations, and critiques of science communication-related practices and phenomena.
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Although climate change rhetoric increasingly circulates in public discourse, serious debate about climate change policies have only begun to emerge. An influential component of this hesitance rests in an assumed controversy among climate scientists about the origin and projected scale of climate change impacts. Certain media practices come into question that may perpetuate this sense of doubt: journalistic ethics that demand balance in media reporting and the polarization and simplification of arguments in social media. This presentation explores these spaces where scientific arguments enter the public sphere and how ethics can be used to negotiate the conflict that emerges.