“We are a Bit Blind About it”: A Qualitative Analysis of Climate Change-Related Perceptions and Communication Across South African Communities

References

• Abramson, P., & Inglehart, R. (1995). Value change in global perspective. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
   Google Scholar
• Babugura, A. (2010). Gender and climate change: South Africa case study. https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/assets/boell.de/images/download_de/ecology/south_africa.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Bakuwa, J. (2015). Public understanding of global climate change in Malawi: An investigation of factors influencing perceptions, attitudes and beliefs about global climate change. Stellenbosch University.
   Google Scholar
• Ballantyne, R., & Oelofse, C. (1999). Informal settlers’ perceptions of environmental quality: A case study of the Mizamoyethu Community, South Africa. The Environmentalist, 19(3), 203–215. doi: 10.1023/A:1026446627105
   Google Scholar
• Billett, S. (2010). Dividing climate change: Global warming in the Indian mass media. Climatic Change, 99(1–2), 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9605-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brechin, S. R., & Bhandari, M. (2011). Perceptions of climate change worldwide. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2(6), 871–885. doi: 10.1002/wcc.146
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brevini, B., & Lewis, J. (2018). Climate change and the media. Peter Lang.
   Google Scholar
• Brüggemann, M., & Engesser, S. (2017). Beyond false balance: How interpretive journalism shapes media coverage of climate change. Global Environmental Change, 42, 58–67. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.11.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bryan, E., Deressa, T. T., Gbetibouo, G. A., & Ringler, C. (2009). Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: Options and contraints. Environmental Science & Policy, 12(4), 413–426. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.11.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burton, M., Cooke, S., Godfrey, A., Neville, L., Pauker, E., & le Roux-Rutledge, E. (2010). Africa talks climate. The public understanding of climate change in ten countries. Executive Summary, BBC World Service Trust.
   Google Scholar
• Carvalho, A. (2010). Media(ted)discourses and climate change: A focus on political subjectivity and (dis)engagement. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1(2), 172–179. doi: 10.1002/wcc.13
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crona, B., Wutich, A., Brewis, A., & Gartin, M. (2013). Perceptions of climate change: Linking local and global perceptions through a cultural knowledge approach. Climatic Change, 119(2), 519–531. doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-0708-5
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dados, N., & Connell, R. (2012). The global south. Contexts, 11(1), 12–13. doi: 10.1177/1536504212436479
   Google Scholar
• DARA. (2012). Climate vulnerability monitor: A guide to the cold calculus of a hot planet. https://daraint.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CVM2ndEd-FrontMatter.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Guenther, L., Weingart, P., & Joubert, M. (2018). Bridging the gap – mapping science, health and technology coverage in South Africa. In M. W. Bauer, P. Pansegrau, & R. Shukla (Eds.), The cultural authority of science. Comparing across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas (pp. 122–136). Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Guenther, L., Weingart, P., & Meyer, C. (2018). “Science is everywhere, but no one knows it”: Assessing the cultural distance to science of Rural South African Publics. Environmental Communication, 12(8), 1046–1061. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1455724
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• HSRC. (2007). Human sciences research council. Annual Report 2007–2008.
   Google Scholar
• IPCC. (2007). Climate change 2007: Synthesis report.
   Google Scholar
• IPCC. (2014). Climate change 2014: Synthesis report.
   Google Scholar
• IPCC. (2018). Global warming of 1.5°C: An IPCC special report.
   Google Scholar
• Lee, T. M., Markowitz, E. M., Howe, P. d., Ko, C.-Y., & Leiserowitz, A. (2015). Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world. Nature Climate Change, 5(11), 1014–1020. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2728
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Leiserowitz, A. (2005). American risk perceptions: Is climate change dangerous? Risk Analysis: An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 25(6), 1433–1442. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00690.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Leiserowitz, A. (2007). International public opinion, perception, and understanding of global climate change: Human development report 2007/2008.
   Google Scholar
• Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2009). Global warming’s six Americas 2009.
   Google Scholar
• Lorenzoni, I., & Pidgeon, N. F. (2006). Public views on climate change: European and USA perspectives. Climatic Change, 77(1–2), 73–95. doi: 10.1007/s10584-006-9072-z
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mandleni, B., & Anim, F. D. K. (2011). Perceptions of Cattle and Sheep Farmers on climate change and adaptation in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Human Ecology, 34(2), 107–112. doi: 10.1080/09709274.2011.11906375
   Google Scholar
• Maponya, P., Mpandeli, S., & Oduniyi, S. (2013). Climate change awareness in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Journal of Agricultural Science, 5(10). doi: 10.5539/jas.v5n10p273
   Google Scholar
• Mayring, P. (2015). Qualitative content analysis: Theoretical background and procedures. In A. Bikner-Ahsbahs, C. Knipping, & N. Presmeg (Eds.), Advances in mathematics education. Approaches to qualitative research in mathematics education: Examples of methodology and methods (Vol. 23, pp. 365–380). Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Metag, J., Füchslin, T., & Schäfer, M. S. (2017). Global warming’s five Germanys: A typology of Germans’ views on climate change and patterns of media use and information. Public Understanding of Science, 26(4), 434–451. doi: 10.1177/0963662515592558
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Midgley, G., Chapman, A., Hewitson, B., Johnston, P., de Wit, M., Ziervogel, G., & van Wilgen, B. (2005). A status quo, vulnerability and adaptation assessment of the physical and socio-economic effects of climate change in the Western Cape. Report to the Western Cape Government, Cape Town, South Africa.
   Google Scholar
• Moser, S. C. (2010). Communicating climate change: History, challenges, process and future directions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1(1), 31–53. doi: 10.1002/wcc.11
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murphy, P. D., & Tinga, T. M. (2019). Communication for development and social change and the challenge of climate change. International Journal of Communication, 13, 1252–1270.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Neville, L. (2010). South Africa talks climate. BBC World Service Trust conducted research in South Africa to gauge public understanding of climate change.
   Google Scholar
• Nisbet, M. C., Ho, S. S., Markowitz, E., O’Neill, S., Schäfer, M. S., & Thaker, J. (2018). The Oxford encyclopedia of climate change communication.
   Google Scholar
• O’Connor, R. E., Bard, R. J., & Fisher, A. (1999). Risk perceptions, general environmental beliefs, and willingness to address climate change. Risk Analysis, 19(3), 461–471. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00421.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Painter, J. (2014). Disaster averted? Television coverage of the 2013/14 IPCC’s climate change reports.
   Google Scholar
• Przeworski, A., & Teune, H. (1970). The logic of comparative social inquiry. Comparative studies in behavioral science. Wiley.
   Google Scholar
• Pugliese, A., & Ray, J. (2011). Fewer Americans, Europeans View Global Warming as a Threat. https://news.gallup.com/poll/147203/fewer-americans-europeans-view-global-warming-threat.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Rao, S., & Wasserman, H. (2007). Global media ethics revisited. Global Media and Communication, 3(1), 29–50. doi: 10.1177/1742766507074358
   Google Scholar
• Ray, J., & Pugliese, A. (2011). Worldwide, blame for climate change falls on humans: Americans among least likely to attribute to human causes. http://probeinternational.org/library/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Gallup-Poll-Worldwide-Blame-for-Climate-Change-Falls-on-Humans.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Reynolds, T. W., Bostrom, A., Read, D., & Morgan, M. G. (2010). Now what do people know about global climate change? Survey studies of educated laypeople. Risk Analysis: An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 30(10), 1520–1538. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01448.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schäfer, M. S. (2015). Climate change and the media. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (2nd ed., pp. 853–859). Elsevier.
   Google Scholar
• Schäfer, M. S., & Schlichting, I. (2014). Media representations of climate change: A meta-analysis of the research field. Environmental Communication, 8(2), 142–160. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2014.914050
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmidt, A., Ivanova, A., & Schäfer, M. S. (2013). Media attention for climate change around the world: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage in 27 countries. Global Environmental Change, 23(5), 1233–1248. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.020
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seager, J. (2008). Blowing hot or cold? South African attitudes to climate change. http://www.hsrc.ac.za/uploads/pageContent/1607/Blowing%20Hot%20or%20Cold.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Selormey, E. E., Dome, M. Z., Osse, L., & Logan, C. (2019). Change ahead: Experience and awareness of climate change in Africa. Afrobarometer Policy Paper No. 60.
   Google Scholar
• Shanahan, M. (2009). Time to adapt? Media coverage of climate change in nonindustrialised countries. In T. Boyce & J. Lewis (Eds.), Global crises and the media: Vol. 5. Climate change and the media (pp. 145–157). Lang.
   Google Scholar
• Stamm, K. R., Clark, F., & Eblacas, P. R. (2000). Mass communication and public understanding of environmental problems: The case of global warming. Public Understanding of Science, 9(3), 219–237. doi: 10.1088/0963-6625/9/3/302
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steynor, A., & Pasquini, L. (2019). Informing climate services in Africa through climate change risk perceptions. Climate Services, 15, 100112. doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2019.100112
   Google Scholar
• Taddicken, M. (2013). Climate change from the user’s perspective. Journal of Media Psychology, 25(1), 39–52. doi: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000080
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas, D. S. G., Twyman, C., Osbahr, H., & Hewitson, B. (2007). Adaptation to climate change and variability: Farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa. Climatic Change, 83(3), 301–322. doi: 10.1007/s10584-006-9205-4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weber, E. U., & Stern, P. C. (2011). Public understanding of climate change in the United States. American Psychologist, 66(4), 315–328. doi: 10.1037/a0023253
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• White, R. (2011). Climate change, uncertain futures and sociology of youth. Youth Studies Australia, 30(3), 13–19. https://research.fit.edu/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/coast-climate-adaptation-library/climate-communications/psychology-amp-behavior/White.-2011.-CC--Uncertainty-of-Youth.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Whitmarsh, L. (2009). What’s in a name? Commonalities and differences in public understanding of “climate change” and “global warming”. Public Understanding of Science, 18(4), 401–420. doi: 10.1177/0963662506073088
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wolf, J., & Moser, S. C. (2011). Individual understandings, perceptions, and engagement with climate change: insights from in-depth studies across the world. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2(4), 547–569. doi: 10.1002/wcc.120
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• WRI. (2014). WRI around the world annual report 2014.
   Google Scholar