Papers are welcomed for a special issue of the journal Environmental Communication: A Journal of Culture and Nature (Official Journal of IECA) to be published in March 2014 on the topic of Media Research on Climate Change.
Acknowledging the vast amount of academic research done over the past decade on the media coverage of climate change and its various results, questions of how to continue in this research field have risen. What conclusions can be drawn from the existing works and how can the research move into the next phase? In which direction should the field orient itself, theoretically and empirically speaking?
Possible themes papers may address include:
- The development of theoretical and conceptual frameworks for media studies on climate change
- (New) methodological procedures for media studies on climate change
- Particularly important empirical aspects of future media studies on climate change, such as online representations and/or the role of communications campaigns/persuasive communication
- Ways in which media studies on climate change can be integrated into interdisciplinary collaborative research aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts
Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2013
For more detailed information on the journal and how to submit the paper, click here.
