Dr. Brendan Anderson

I learned that the print version of this article from last year only just came out so I’m posting a link to this as my first act of Mastodon self-promotion:

“Consider the following: A pilot study of the effects of an educational television program on viewer perceptions of anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification”

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2021.1949693#.Y4Ky2WYVXjo.link

Consider the following: A pilot study of the effects of an educational television program on viewer perceptions of anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification

Climate change portends significant harms to humans and biodiversity but public knowledge of relevant scientific information remains limited. As societal changes and investment are essential to add...

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Nov 27, 2022 at 12:50amWeb
Show threadDr. Brendan AndersonNov 27, 2022
In this paper we talked about student perceptions of #climate risks, understanding of #climatechange and #oceanacidifcation, and how viewing an internet television program affected their understanding and perceptions. The program improved student understanding of ocean acidification and the diversity of climate change related risks. It was also one of only a handful of studies on television programs for climate #sciencecommunication or looking at public knowledge of ocean acidification.