Education and Outreach Colloquium, Matthew Nisbet

Event Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Location: Bldg 8, Management Conference Center
Time: 12:00 PM

Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter to Public Engagement
Building broad based public engagement on climate change requires a more careful understanding of the U.S. public's views on the issue as well as a reexamination of the assumptions that have traditionally informed public communication efforts. In this presentation, Nisbet reviews conclusions from his recent cover article at the journal Environment and discusses the implications of current research in the area.

http://www.environmentmagazine.org/March-April%202009/Nisbet-full.html (non-NASA site)

About our Speaker
Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D. is assistant professor in the School of Communication at American University. As a social scientist he studies strategic communication in policy-making and public affairs, focusing on controversies surrounding science, the environment, and public health. He is the author of more than two dozen journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Press/Politics and Science Communication. Nisbet’s current research on climate change communication is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation where he is a Health Policy Investigator. He has also worked as a consultant to the National Academies, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Centers for Disease Control, the National Science Foundation and other leading organizations. Nisbet holds an A.B. in Government from Dartmouth College and an M.S. and Ph.D from Cornell University in Communication.

Colloquium Location Information
Bldg 8, Management Conference Center
To get to the room, take the elevator to the 3rd floor, go right off the elevator, up the stairs and into the MCC.

Off Site Access
Folks may tune in via telephone for audio only by dialing 1-877-951-7741; passcode = 7873205.

File(s) associated with this entry:

PowerPoint Presentaiton
(ppt file, 13.23 MB)

Posted or updated: Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Editor: Paul Przyborski

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