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Dr Saffron O'Neill
@SaffronJONeill
Associate Prof @ExeterGeography | Climate change, communication, media, visuals, images | @LeverhulmeTrust Research Fellow | Autism Champion | Academic/mother
May 6, 2022 • 14 tweets • 12 min read
Our paper now posted as a pre-print: osf.io/preprints/soca…

'Visual portrayals of fun in the sun misrepresent heatwave risks in European newspapers'

Co-authors: @sylviahayes98 @nadinestrauss @DoutreixN @lkathe @JoshEttinger Ned Westwood @JamesPainter61

A summary 🧵:
1/10 Image #heatwave communication is an important part of effective adaptation. News media play a key role in shaping how we think and feel.

Whilst there's ++ research on textual media representations, there's far less on visuals. But visuals play a key role in communication!

2/10