Espousing the Role of Different Kinds of Movies in the Understanding of Climate Change: An empirical review

Blessing O. Onyekuru, NwaJesus A Onyekuru and Micharl O Ukonu

Nigerian Agricultural Policy Research Journal (NAPReJ), 2023, vol. 10, issue 01

Abstract: Effective climate change communication has remained a challenge due to the complexities of climate change science. However, in recent years, the role of movies in communicating climate change science has been recognised. This study reviewed the use of movies in the understanding of climate change. Different climate change films were theoretically and empirically reviewed as well as literature on the subject matter. The study shows that movies (both documentary and fictions) are powerful revolutionary means of bridging the gap between science and human understanding of climate change. By removing the complexities in climate change communications using vivid, concrete, affect and emotional laden animations dramatized with humour and suspense, climate change movies can trigger pro-environmental attitudes, behaviour modifications, and climate change responsive actions.

Keywords: Climate; Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/343418/files/O ... Climate%20Change.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:naprej:343418

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343418

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Nigerian Agricultural Policy Research Journal (NAPReJ) from Agricultural Policy Research Network (APRNet) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().