How media disruption undermines climate science communication and justice
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Tanmoy Bhaduri
Summary
The article examines how digital disruption has transformed the media landscape over the past two decades, leading to declining trust in news, weakened business models, and fragmented audiences. It connects these communication challenges to the urgent need for effective science communication around climate change and environmental issues, arguing that climate science and adaptation strategies can only have real-world impact when people can understand and act upon them.
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· 3 pulledAcross the world, trust in news media has declined, business models have weakened, local newsrooms have disappeared and audiences have become increasingly fragmented.
Climate science and adaptation strategies can only make an impact in the real world, when people can understand and act upon them.
Digital disruption has transformed the public information ecosystem.
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