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

Wibeck, Victoria (Author)

Public Understanding of Science
Volume: 23, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 204-219

DOI: 10.1177/0963662512462787

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Climate change Public opinion Public understanding of science Communication of scientific ideas Globalization; internationalization Interviews 21st century Sweden

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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