Climate Change & Pop Culture

By Nadine Defensor

What is Climate Change

?

change in the distribution of weather patterns over periods of time

What is Pop Culture ?lifestyle and items that are well known and generally accepted cultural patterns that are widespread within a population

How do they collide?PortrayalExposure

Popularity Rapid acceptance of climate change views in popular

culture than scientific studies on global warming

How is Climate Change viewed in pop culture?

Books

TV Shows

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXZIpWNuAc&feature=related

Movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s

Personalities

Common Misconceptions in the media

• Temperature’s rapid rising rate • GW causes extreme weather patterns• Pollution, toxic chemicals and nuclear power

causes Climate change • The role of Carbon dioxide• Anthropogenic v. Natural activity

Does popular media help or hurt the issue of climate change?

Works Cited

• http://www.pedestrian.tv/pop-culture/news/nicole-trunfio-and-friends-strip-for-climate-chang/3433.htm

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s• http://cires.colorado.edu/education/outreach/cli

mateCommunication/CC%20Misconceptions%20Handout.pdf

• http://www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk/Forum/peak-oil-economics-environment/49529-climate-change-new-pop.html

• http://articles.cnn.com/2005-04-08/tech/earth.pop.culture_1_climate-change-climate-scientists-warming/3?_s=PM:TECH

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_popular_culture

• http://www.elmhurst.edu/~richs/EC/102/GalleryWalkProjects/Example2.pdf

• http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12455&tid=282&cid=10149

• http://www.suite101.com/content/climate-change-misconceptions-a48662