Climate Change and Storytelling

Emphasises the need for narrative analysis in understanding the current political and public debate surrounding climate change

Suggests an analytical scheme for investigating cultural narratives with the help of narrative and literary theory

Presents the findings of the author's narrative analyses of interviews with climate change advocates in the USA and Germany

Autorentext

Annika Arnold is Senior Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS), Stuttgart University, Germany. She is an environmental and cultural sociologist whose research focuses on topics of sustainable development and environmental communication, largely from a cultural perspective.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Why Narratives Matter in Climate Change Communication .- 2. Climate Change Communication Studies: Inquiries into Beliefs, Information and Stories .- 3. How to Understand the Role of Narratives in Environmental Communication: Cultural Narrative Analysis .- 4. Telling the Stories of Climate Change: Structure and Content .- 5. Conclusion: Pitfalls and the Power of Narratives.