Climate Change Research Across Disciplines: The Value and Uses of Multidisciplinary Research Reviews for Technical Communication

2015/01/06 by Lauren E. Cagle, Denise Tillery
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Environmental Education and Sustainability #Public Relations and Crisis Communication

paper · doi:10.1080/10572252.2015.1001296

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Abstract

The authors performed an interdisciplinary literature review of research on communication and climate change. The authors reviewed STEM, social science, and risk analysis journals to synthesize recent publications on climate change communication which could support research in technical communication. Several applications are proposed for technical communication research, including using this review to contextualize local qualitative work, to spur interdisciplinary projects and address gaps in multidisciplinary literature, and reconsider a role for advocacy in technical communication.

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