Article ID: CBB001420058

Social Representations of Climate Change in Swedish Lay Focus Groups: Local or Distant, Gradual or Catastrophic? (2014)

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This paper explores social representations of climate change, investigating how climate change is discussed by Swedish laypeople interacting in focus group interviews. The analysis focuses on prototypical examples and metaphors, which were key devices for objectifying climate change representations. The paper analyzes how the interaction of focus group participants with other speakers, ideas, arguments, and broader social representations shaped their representations of climate change. Climate change was understood as a global but distant issue with severe consequences. There was a dynamic tension between representations of climate change as a gradual vs. unpredictable process. Implications for climate change communication are discussed.

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Authors & Contributors
Domínguez, Martí
Ken Rice
Bruner, Justin P.
Holmberg, Niklas
Dana Nuccitelli
Lafita, Íngrid
Concepts
Public understanding of science
Public opinion
Communication of scientific ideas
Climate change
Mass media
Controversies and disputes
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
Greenland
Islands of the Pacific
Netherlands
Sweden
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
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