Risk Perception through Exemplarity: Hurricanes as Climate Change Examples and Counterexamples in Norwegian News Media

Risk Perception through Exemplarity: Hurricanes as Climate Change Examples and Counterexamples in Norwegian News Media

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This article explores how hurricanes are used in news media to exemplify the consequences of climate change. This is done by a close reading of Norwegian newspaper articles on the hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012), Harvey and Irma (both 2017). The geographical distance between the disaster ar...

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Main Author: Kyrre Kverndokk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2020-01-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Subjects:
climate change
hurricanes
risk perception
exemplarity
risk society
semiotic worldview
Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/1007

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https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/1007

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