Framing

Climate Communicators – Be Careful of the Economic Narrative

Climate Communicators – Be Careful of the Economic Narrative

L. Hobart Stocking2020-04-15T22:24:21+00:00April 15th, 2020|Climate Communications, Framing, Green New Deal|

I’d just finished giving testimony to an administrative law judge on why a new dirty tar sands pipeline was a bad idea. It is the climate equivalent of putting 40 black smoking coal plants in my state. There was a group of Union Local 49 guys in yellow t-shirts [...]

The Bad Framing of the “People’s Bailout Campaign”

The Bad Framing of the “People’s Bailout Campaign”

L. Hobart Stocking2020-04-02T17:40:08+00:00April 2nd, 2020|Climate Communications, Framing|

As communicators, we know words matter. They influence whether we are attracting people to a new idea or unconsciously turning them off. Naming the “People’s Bailout Campaign," by a coalition of groups, is one example where we could have done better with our words. Why? Because the campaign name [...]

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