Disinformation and climate crisis: Challenges and proposals for the future
Articles
Overview
published in
publication date
- December 2024
start page
- 167
end page
- 176
issue
- 2
volume
- 16
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1757-1898
abstract
- This viewpoint analyses the relationship between the climate crisis and democratic quality, considering the various reports and studies that have been published on the role of disinformation in identifying the main global risks. To define the lines of action, a cross-cutting perspective is required to distinguish between obstruction-ist, denialist and sceptical narratives, but at the same time, another perspective, from the consequences for citizens in terms of apathy, disconnection or information anxiety. To this end, we define the main challenges in research on climate disinformation in the coming years and the types of social and academic response that have the greatest potential, including media literacy, specialized training for journalism and communication professionals, as well as the creation of institutional collaboration networks.
Classification
subjects
- Environment
- Politics
keywords
- catastrophes; climate change; democracy; denialism; misinformation; obstructionism; social unrest