Communicating about marine disease: The effects of message frames on policy support

• Main Authors: MCCOMAS, Katherine A., SCHULDT, Jonathon P., BURGE, Colleen A., Sungjong ROH
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Risk communication; Oysters; Climate change communication; Message framing; Risk perception; Business and Corporate Communications; Environmental Policy; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4837; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5836/viewcontent/communicating_about_marine_disease.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Oceans are suffering from the dual climatic pressures of warming temperatures and acidification, increasing the presence of disease risks that affect marine organisms and public health. Through a randomized field-based experiment, this study examines the effects of communicating about risks to marin...