Paper Title :Understanding Climate Change Representations of Environmental Science Students: A Socio-Psychological Approach

Author :Dwarkeshwar Dutt

Article Citation :Dwarkeshwar Dutt , (2017 ) " Understanding Climate Change Representations of Environmental Science Students: A Socio-Psychological Approach " , International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) , pp. 44-46, Volume-5, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-1

Abstract : Social Representation Theory was applied to understand how environmental science students of JNU, University of Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi) represented climate change. The responses were acquired through open ended questions in one on one semi structured interview format. It was found that respondents’ dominant representations reflected those that were already part of social discourse and respondents claimed to have had perceptual experience of climate change Also a mild undercurrent of skepticism was evident from the responses. Implications for science communication are discussed at the end. Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Change Experience, Skepticism, Social Representation Theory

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-5, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-1

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