{"title":"Communicating Trends in Sustainability Transitions: Minority Beliefs and Dynamic Norms about Plant-Based Food Consumption","authors":"Irene Malta, John Hoeks, João Graça","doi":"10.1080/17524032.2023.2280751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2280751","url":null,"abstract":"An emerging line of research has been exploring how changes in social norms can lay the ground for shifts toward sustainability. This pre-registered study investigated the in fl uence of communicating static and dynamic norms (2 Static x 2 Dynamic, between-subjects design) on respondents ’ beliefs, intentions, information-seeking behavior, and policy support regarding plant-based food. Here, s tatic norms referred to a minority of consumers who believed that plant-based food has a crucial role in sustainability transitions. Dynamic norms referred to how the number of people endorsing this belief had been increasing. The fi ndings ( N = 492) revealed that communicating the dynamic aspect of the minority belief increased participants ’ endorsement of that same belief. Moreover, exposure to dynamic norms (alone or with static norms) had a small positive e ff ect on policy support. These fi ndings add to the growing body of knowledge on dynamic-norm communication.","PeriodicalId":506604,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Communication","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139259168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie Drope, Evie Morin, K. Kohfeld, D. Ianson, Jennifer J. Silver
{"title":"Media Representations and Farmer Perceptions: A Case Study of Reporting on Ocean Acidification and the Shellfish Farming Sector in British Columbia, Canada","authors":"Natalie Drope, Evie Morin, K. Kohfeld, D. Ianson, Jennifer J. Silver","doi":"10.1080/17524032.2023.2280873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2280873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506604,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Communication","volume":"31 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139264293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Provoking Gut-Level Reactions: A Study on Journalistic Framing During the 2020 Meatpacking Crisis","authors":"Michelle Rossi, Patrick Ferrucci","doi":"10.1080/17524032.2023.2280759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2280759","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506604,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Communication","volume":"30 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}