R Jaspal
Biographic Data
| ID | 14648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Jaspal |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaspal |
| SIGNATURE | JASPAL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8463-9519 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 128 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 397 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 128 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Identity threat and identity loss among gay male Grindr users in the United Kingdom
People who experience identity loss, the complete breakdown of the identity structure, are at risk of severe psychopathology. On social networking apps, such as Grindr, users may be exposed to stressors (e.g. mistreatment, hostility and abuse from others) that can increase their risk of identity loss. Drawing on identity process theory, a cross-sectional correlational survey study of 257 gay male Grindr users examined the effects of maladaptive s…
Mental Health in British South Asians
British South Asians can be thought of as belonging to honour cultures in which the group’s social image and reputation are central to its identity. Data from 304 British South Asians show that perceived parental pressure to maintain cultural honour was associated with higher depression and anxiety and with lower life satisfaction but that psychological resilience (the ability to “bounce back”) and identity resilience (higher combined levels of s…
Identity resilience, attachment style and life satisfaction in heterosexual and gay men
There is limited insight into the social psychological underpinnings of life satisfaction in heterosexual and gay men. This study examines the roles of sexual orientation, identity resilience, attachment style and body image concerns. Cross-sectional correlational survey data from 427 men in the United Kingdom and Germany, analysed using structural equation modelling, showed that the trait variables of identity resilience and anxious attachment s…
Fire, wind, and lies
In January 2025, devastating wildfires affected Southern California. The timing and iconic nature of these wildfires, which destroyed the properties of high-profile celebrities, created a unique opportunity to examine how metaphors function at the intersection of climate communication, celebrity culture, and public response. Various studies have analysed the metaphorical framing of extreme events, such as floods and fires, as well their implicati…
Identity Resilience, Community Connectedness, and Sociosexuality Among Gay and Bisexual Men
Sociosexuality refers to the proclivity to engage in casual sex without commitment and is generally operationalized in terms of attitudes, behavior, and desire. Moving beyond the dominant focus on sexual risk and pathology in studies of sociosexuality, this study conceptualizes sociosexuality as a positive psychological variable that reflects the enactment of sexual identity among gay and bisexual men. Using cross-sectional correlational survey d…
Maladaptive Self-with-Other Schemata, Identity Resilience, and Anxiety in Millennial and Gen Z Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People
Health Professions and Occupations
This entry focuses on the sociological aspects of health professions and occupations. It outlines five key theoretical perspectives and explores three significant areas of sociological enquiry: science, technology, and the digital; socialization; and interprofessional practice. It argues that the innovations in these three areas, rather than being a threat to the health professions and occupations, can be seen as opportunities to enhance the heal…
“Our voice as a legacy”
There is limited empirical research into the experiences of people diagnosed with HIV in the era before antiretroviral therapy (ART) was introduced, and who are living with long‐term HIV. Positive psychological insights into coping can inform clinicians working with clients from this population. Eight people in the United Kingdom were interviewed regarding their experiences of living with long‐term HIV. Interpretative phenomenological analysis wa…
Exposure to ghosting, gaslighting and coercion in religious and non-religious people in the United Kingdom
This study examines various demographic differences in reported exposure to the psychologically harmful dating behaviours of ghosting, gaslighting, and coercion from a current or past partner. A sample of 544 participants provided demographic data and completed measures of exposure to ghosting, gaslighting, and coercion. Mann–Whitney U tests showed that men reported higher coercion than women; single people reported higher ghosting and gaslightin…
‘Why are PrEP gays always like this … ’
Background: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a prescription-based drug used to prevent the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In the four nations of the United Kingdom, those with increased need for HIV prevention (e.g. some groups of men who have sex with men) are eligible for PrEP for free, provided by the National Health Service. However, the uptake of PrEP has faced several challenges and many still report barriers to accessing P…
Self and Self-with-other Schemata, Sexual communication, and Relationship Satisfaction in Heterosexual and Gay Men
Income, mental health, and sleep quality in sexual minorities in the United Kingdom
This study examines the relationships between income level, the mental health variables of depression, anxiety and life satisfaction, and sleep quality in a sample of 295 lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the United Kingdom. The study also examines the potential moderating role of minority stressors (i.e., discrimination and acceptance concerns) and protective factors (i.e., identity resilience and social support) in the relationships bet…
A Theoretical Model for Predicting Outness in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People
Coming out has been found to be associated with favorable long-term social and psychological outcomes among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. It is therefore important to understand the system of social and psychological factors that predict degree of outness in this population. The integrative theoretical model proposed in this article postulates that social factors (e.g., exposure to minority stressors, access to social support) trigger …
PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy in men who have sex with men
This study investigates psychosocial and structural predictors of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) acceptability and self-efficacy, addressing the need for targeted interventions to improve PrEP uptake in the United Kingdom (UK). A cross-sectional, online survey was conducted among UK-based men who have sex with men not currently using PrEP (N = 246). Participants completed validated measures assessing identity resilience, LGBTQ+ connectedness, ou…
Fear during crises
Emotions, such as fear, are important determinants of people’s responses to crises. Fear can be functional or dysfunctional. There is limited research into the influences determining fear levels during crises. This study examines the extent to which variance in fear levels can be accounted for by perceived risk, perceived appraisal support, identity resilience, and perceived job insecurity. Cross-sectional correlational survey data were collected…
Minority Stressors, Social Connectedness and Degree of Outness in Gay Men
Ego and Partner-Centered Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Men
Depression, Anxiety, and Life Satisfaction in Gay and Bisexual Men in Lebanon
A Theoretical Model for Predicting the Derivation of Sexual Satisfaction in Gay Men
This study tests a theoretical model of sexual satisfaction in gay men that incorporates self and self-with-other schemata, identity processes, and sexual communication behaviors. Structural equation modeling based on cross-sectional correlational survey data from 199 gay men in the United Kingdom and Germany examined associations between the self-schema of internalized homonegativity, the self-with-other schema of anxious attachment style, ident…
Social Causation of Disease
This entry explores the social causation of disease. First, social class as a cause for inequalities is examined, with a particular focus on the work of Wright, Bourdieu, Weber, and Marx. Second, racism, minority stress, and socioeconomic inequalities are considered as fundamental causes of disease incidence. Third, some of the social determinants of health are explored. Sociological theories have an important role to play in our understanding of…
Mud, metaphors and politics
On 14 July 2021, the western states of Germany, Rheinland Palatinate and North-Rhein-Westphalia experienced major flash floods and about two hundred people died. This article explores how those affected and journalists they spoke to created meaning from the mayhem of an unprecedented disaster and how social representations of flooding emerged in which language, politics and values were intimately intertwined. Combining thematic analysis with elem…
Mitochondrial replacement in the English-language print media
In May 2023, The Guardian announced that babies had been born through mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT).MRT and its ethical and legal implications have been discussed in the media for over a decade.These discussions have been examined by social scientists and communication scholars.In this article, we seek to determine whether and, if so, how social representations have changed since this announcement.Using thematic analysis and social repr…
Identity Resilience, Relationships, and Life Satisfaction
Mpox in the news
In May 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to recede from public view, another infectious disease surprised the world-mpox (formerly monkeypox). It appeared to disproportionately affect gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Using qualitative thematic analysis and social representations theory, we analysed a corpus of 91 items from a variety of news outlets that included GBMSM community members' personal accounts of living …
Priscila, (white) queen of the desert , by Damien Riggs
Queer rights and race privilege are two areas of scholarly enquiry which seldom feature side by side, but Riggs manages very successfully to integrate these two theoretical concerns in his approach to queer rights and representation in the context of colonial nations.It is no easy task to discuss simultaneously the rights of non-heterosexual individuals, which constitutes one pressing social issue, and the inherent privileges, which Riggs views a…
The construction of ethnic identity
Ethnicity has received much empirical and theoretical attention in the social sciences. Yet, it has scarcely been explored in terms of its relationship with the motivational principles of identity. Here it is argued that there is much heuristic and predictive value in applying identity process theory (IPT), a socio-psychological model of identity threat, to the substantive literature on ethnicity. The paper explores the potential psychological be…
Media coverage of the Zika crisis in Brazil
Climate change and ‘climategate’ in online reader comments
Climate change has rarely been out of the public spotlight in the first decade of this century. The high‐profile international meetings and controversies such as ‘climategate’ have highlighted the fact that it is as much a political issue as it is a scientific one, while also drawing our attention to the role of social media in reflecting, promoting or resisting such politicisation. In this article, we propose a framework for analysing one type o…
Gay Men’s Construction and Management of Identity on Grindr
Identity Processes, Threat, and Interpersonal Relations
This study explores identity processes, identity threat, and interpersonal relations with other gay men in a qualitative interview study with a sample of young British Muslim gay men of Pakistani background. Transcripts were subjected to qualitative thematic analysis. Data were analyzed through the interpretive lens of Identity Process Theory. Three superordinate themes are reported: (a) self-continuity and the transition from straight to gay spa…
Identity change, uncertainty and mistrust in relation to fear and risk of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic produced threats not only to physical and psychological health but also to the very fabric of family, work and social life. Individuals differ markedly in their ability to cope with such threats. Drawing on Identity Process Theory, our study examines identity processes that shape emotional and attitudinal responses to COVID-19. Survey data were collected from 251 adults in the UK during July 2020. Identity resilience, trust …
Media representations of British Muslims and hybridised threats to identity
Images of Extreme Weather
Extreme weather events have been increasingly in the news, accompanied by images. At the end of 2011, when such reports were ever present, the International Panel on Climate Change published a draft report on extreme weather and climate change adaptation. This report itself was covered in the news and illustrated with images. Some of these depicted 'extreme weather', in particular with relation to floods, droughts and heat waves, hurricanes and i…
Perceptions of ‘coming out’ among British Muslim gay men
The cultural processes of heteronormativity and compulsory heterosexuality are acutely active within Islamic societies. The present study explored perceptions of ‘coming out’ among a group of British Muslim gay men (BMGM), focussing upon the potential consequences for identity processes and psychological well-being. Ten BMGM of Pakistani descent were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interview transcripts were subjected to i…
The Identity Resilience Index
Identity resilience is conceptualized in Identity Process Theory as a relatively stable self-schema, akin to a trait. Identity resilience is said to be high when individuals perceive their identity to be characterized by a high overall combined rating of their self-efficacy, self-esteem, continuity and distinctiveness. People reporting higher identity resilience respond more favorably to, and cope more effectively with, events and situations that…
Hyper‐affiliation to the Religious In‐group Among British Pakistani Muslim Gay Men
This article examines how British Muslim gay men may safeguard membership in the religious group, which can be threatened as a result of self‐identifying as gay. Twenty British Pakistani Muslim gay men were interviewed. Data were analyze using an interpretative phenomenological analysis through the heuristic lens of identity process theory. The following themes are discussed: (i) ‘gay identity casting doubt upon one's Muslim‐ness’; (ii) ‘Ramadan:…
Identity Processes and Psychological Wellbeing Upon Recall of a Significant "Coming Out" Experience in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People
This study focuses on the relations between minority stressors, protective factors and psychological wellbeing among lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Experimental data based on a sample of 156 showed that participants asked to recall a negative coming out experience to somebody significant reported more identity threat and distress and less positive affect compared to those recalling a neutral coming out experience. In the negative recall …
Covid-19 preventive behaviours in White British and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) people in the UK
A model of the effects of ethnicity, political trust, trust in science, perceived ingroup power, COVID-19 risk and fear of COVID-19 upon likelihood of COVID-19 preventive behaviour (CPB) is presented. The structural equation model was a good fit for survey data from 478 White British and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people. Ethnicity had a direct effect on CPB (BAME reported higher CPB) and an indirect effect on it through political tr…
Coming Out, Distress and Identity Threat in Gay Men in the UK
Introduction Coming out as gay can be a psychologically challenging event, and recall of a negative coming out experience can initiate subsequent identity changes in gay men. We tested whether baseline levels of identity resilience and internalized homonegativity moderate these effects. Methods A between-participant experimental study, with an ethnically diverse sample of 333 gay men in the United Kingdom (UK), examined levels of contemporaneous …
The Covid-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (Coras)
Perceived risk is an important determinant of the adoption of preventive behaviours. In this article, the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS), including its development and validation in two samples in the United Kingdom, are described. The CORAS is a measure of perceived personal risk of contracting the disease, incorporating primarily intuitive with some analytic risk estimates. Exploratory and confirmatory …
British national identity and life satisfaction in ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom
This study examines British national identification in survey data from 226 Indians, Pakistanis, Black Caribbeans and Black Africans. Black participants reported stronger ethnic identification and more frequent ethnic discrimination; and Pakistanis reported higher religiosity and more frequent religious discrimination, but stronger British national identification. Uncertainty about the meaning and accessibility of British national identity and pe…
Contesting Science by Appealing to Its Norms
This study examines the rhetorical aspects of social contestation of climate change in reader comments published in the Daily Mail, subsequent to climategate. The following themes are reported: (1) denigration of climate scientists to contest hegemonic representations, (2) delegitimization of pro–climate change individuals by disassociation from science, and (3) outright denial: rejecting hegemonic social representations of climate change. The st…
Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction
This study explores how a group of young Israeli Jews understood and defined their ethno-national identities, focusing upon the role of social representations of the Holocaust in the construction of Jewish Israeli identity. Eleven individuals were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis was informed by identity process theory and social representa…
Identity resilience, social support and internalised homonegativity in gay men
Identity resilience, a key concept in identity process theory (IPT), refers to individuals’ capacity to cope with threats to their identity. Identity resilience is based upon four identity principles: self-efficacy; self-esteem; positive distinctiveness; and, continuity. This study investigates whether identity resilience influences how much gay men internalise homonegativity. Given the insidious effects of internalised homonegativity upon psycho…
Identity Threat and Coping Among British South Asian Gay Men During the Covid-19 Lockdown
This study focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on identity, relationships and psychological wellbeing among British South Asian gay men (BSAGM). Interview data from 15 BSAGM were analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis and identity process theory. The analysis yielded the following three themes: (1) Fear of involuntary disclosure of gay identity; (2) Anxiety about relationships; and (3) Coping and casual sexual encounters. BSAGM w…
The construction of British national identity among British South Asians
This paper explores the social psychological aspects of British national identification among British South Asians, which constitutes the largest ethnic minority group in Britain. Identity process theory can elucidate the social and psychological ‘functions’ of Britishness for social actors, offering a holistic account of national identification within this population. The paper provides a discussion of nationhood and the construction of national…
Internalized Sexual Orientation Stigma and Mental Health in a Religiously Diverse Sample of Gay and Bisexual Men in Lebanon
This study explores the correlates of internalized sexual orientation stigma, psychological distress and depression in a religiously diverse sample of gay and bisexual men in Lebanon. A convenience sample of 200 participants completed a cross-sectional survey. Bisexual men reported greater internalized sexual orientation stigma and less outness to their family and were more likely to face family pressure to have a heterosexual marriage than gay m…
A structural equation model for predicting depressive symptomatology in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the UK
This study identifies the predictors of depressive symptomatology in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the UK. 289 White and BAME LGB individuals participated in a cross-sectional survey. BAME participants exhibited significantly more discrimination, rejection from significant others, ethnic victimisation, internalised homophobia and concealment motivation than White participants. They manifested gr…
Identity resilience, science mistrust, Covid-19 risk and fear predictors of vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood
Based on Identity Process Theory, we hypothesised that two elements of identity resilience (identity worth and identity continuity) differentially predict variance in COVID-19 fear and risk, science mistrust, vaccine positivity, and vaccination likelihood. Data from an online survey of 643 UK and 485 Portuguese adults collected during March 2021 showed the UK and Portuguese did not differ significantly on vaccination likelihood or identity resili…
Social representations of Covid-19 skeptics
Denialism accompanies many global threats, such as climate change, HIV/AIDS, and now also SARS CoV-2 and COVID-19. We analyzed a corpus of 624 English-language news items to examine emerging social representations of people who question the existence of the virus or the measures to contain it. Using thematic analysis and social representations theory, we focused on the use, meanings, and implications of labels, such as "denier", "skeptic", or "co…
Coping with potentially incompatible identities
This study explores how a group of young British Muslim gay men (BMGM) of Pakistani background in non‐gay affirmative religious contexts understood and defined their sexual, religious, and ethnic identities, focusing upon the negotiation and construction of these identities and particularly upon strategies employed for coping with identity threat. A total of 12 BMGM were interviewed using a semi‐structured interview schedule. Transcripts were sub…
“Arabic is the language of the Muslims–that's how it was supposed to be”
This study explores how a group of young British-born South Asians understood and defined their religious and linguistic identities, focusing upon the role played by heritage languages and liturgical languages and by religious socialisation. Twelve British-born South Asians were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interview transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. Four superordinate themes are re…
‘My language, my people’
This study explores how a group of second generation Asians (SGA) understood and defined language, focusing upon the role they perceived language to have played in their identity. Twelve SGA were interviewed and the data were subjected to qualitative thematic analysis. Four superordinate themes are reported, entitled ‘Mother tongue and self’, ‘A sense of ownership and affiliation’, ‘Negotiating linguistic identities in social space’ and ‘The ques…
Media representations of British Muslims and hybridised threats to identity
Caste, Social Stigma and Identity Processes
Caste persists as an important socio-psychological phenomenon in many spheres of Indian social life and particularly within village contexts. It is argued that socio-psychological insights into caste identity and caste-based stigma may complement ongoing sociological and anthropological research into caste. Drawing upon identity process theory, this article explores the possible functions performed by caste-based stigma both for the higher caste …
Delineating Ethnic and Religious Identities in Research with British South Asians
Perceptions of ‘coming out’ among British Muslim gay men
The cultural processes of heteronormativity and compulsory heterosexuality are acutely active within Islamic societies. The present study explored perceptions of ‘coming out’ among a group of British Muslim gay men (BMGM), focussing upon the potential consequences for identity processes and psychological well-being. Ten BMGM of Pakistani descent were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interview transcripts were subjected to i…
Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction
This study explores how a group of young Israeli Jews understood and defined their ethno-national identities, focusing upon the role of social representations of the Holocaust in the construction of Jewish Israeli identity. Eleven individuals were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis was informed by identity process theory and social representa…
Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe
Geoengineering the climate by reflecting sunlight or extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has attracted increasing attention from natural scientists, social scientists, policy makers and the media. This article examines promotional discourse related to geoengineering from the 1980s to 2010. It asks in particular how this option for dealing with the problems posed by climate change were framed through the use of conceptual and discourse m…
I never faced up to being gay’
This paper presents the findings from a comparative qualitative study of British Indian and British Pakistani gay men, all of whom self-identified as members of their religious communities. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and identity process theory. Results suggest that the intersection between sexuality and religion is more relevant to British Pakistani participants, while the intersection between sexuality and ethnicity is more rele…
Disfigurement
The construction of British national identity among British South Asians
This paper explores the social psychological aspects of British national identification among British South Asians, which constitutes the largest ethnic minority group in Britain. Identity process theory can elucidate the social and psychological ‘functions’ of Britishness for social actors, offering a holistic account of national identification within this population. The paper provides a discussion of nationhood and the construction of national…
British Sikh Identity and the Struggle for Distinctiveness and Continuity
Sikhs constitute a high proportion of the ethnic minority population in Britain. Yet, social psychologists have largely neglected this demographically important religious group, leaving much of the theorising to anthropologists and sociologists. The present study explores how a group of British‐born Sikhs understood and defined their Sikh identities, focussing upon strategies for safeguarding the continuity and distinctiveness of this identity. T…
Climate change and ‘climategate’ in online reader comments
Climate change has rarely been out of the public spotlight in the first decade of this century. The high‐profile international meetings and controversies such as ‘climategate’ have highlighted the fact that it is as much a political issue as it is a scientific one, while also drawing our attention to the role of social media in reflecting, promoting or resisting such politicisation. In this article, we propose a framework for analysing one type o…
The construction of ethnic identity
Ethnicity has received much empirical and theoretical attention in the social sciences. Yet, it has scarcely been explored in terms of its relationship with the motivational principles of identity. Here it is argued that there is much heuristic and predictive value in applying identity process theory (IPT), a socio-psychological model of identity threat, to the substantive literature on ethnicity. The paper explores the potential psychological be…
Identity Processes, Threat, and Interpersonal Relations
This study explores identity processes, identity threat, and interpersonal relations with other gay men in a qualitative interview study with a sample of young British Muslim gay men of Pakistani background. Transcripts were subjected to qualitative thematic analysis. Data were analyzed through the interpretive lens of Identity Process Theory. Three superordinate themes are reported: (a) self-continuity and the transition from straight to gay spa…
UK media representations of Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a climate change mitigation technology which has had a rather chequered history in British policy making and in the British public sphere. This article deals with the neglected topic of representations of CCS in the British media and their possible impact on public perceptions and public policy. Public perception of CCS is shaped in part by the media which provide tools for making sense of complex technological…
Coping With Stigmatized Linguistic Identities
This study was an investigation of the impact of language stigma for identity functioning among speakers of Andalusian Spanish. Fifteen Andalusian Spaniards were interviewed using a semistructured interview schedule. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to analyze the data guided by identity process theory and the ethnolinguistic vitality framework. The following themes are outlined: (a) threatened linguistic identity and vitality (re)construct…
Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in Iran
Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism constitute two important ideological building blocks of the Islamic Republic of Iran, yet there is no existing research into the psychosocial motives underlying the institutional manifestation of these sentiments. Applying the tenets of identity process theory (IPT) to the Iranian case study, this article explores (i) how anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism may help restore feelings of belonging in the Muslim world and b…
Hyper‐affiliation to the Religious In‐group Among British Pakistani Muslim Gay Men
This article examines how British Muslim gay men may safeguard membership in the religious group, which can be threatened as a result of self‐identifying as gay. Twenty British Pakistani Muslim gay men were interviewed. Data were analyze using an interpretative phenomenological analysis through the heuristic lens of identity process theory. The following themes are discussed: (i) ‘gay identity casting doubt upon one's Muslim‐ness’; (ii) ‘Ramadan:…
Images of Extreme Weather
Extreme weather events have been increasingly in the news, accompanied by images. At the end of 2011, when such reports were ever present, the International Panel on Climate Change published a draft report on extreme weather and climate change adaptation. This report itself was covered in the news and illustrated with images. Some of these depicted 'extreme weather', in particular with relation to floods, droughts and heat waves, hurricanes and i…
Contesting Science by Appealing to Its Norms
This study examines the rhetorical aspects of social contestation of climate change in reader comments published in the Daily Mail, subsequent to climategate. The following themes are reported: (1) denigration of climate scientists to contest hegemonic representations, (2) delegitimization of pro–climate change individuals by disassociation from science, and (3) outright denial: rejecting hegemonic social representations of climate change. The st…
Human Responses to Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most important global challenges in the twenty-first century, given that a changing climate is likely to have negative and potentially irreversible consequences for the environment and human beings. Drawing upon Social Representations Theory (SRT) and Identity Process Theory (IPT) from social psychology, we argue that research should focus upon, and successfully integrate, three levels of analysis, namely (1) how clim…
Fracking in the UK press
Shale gas is a novel source of fossil fuel which is extracted by induced hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”. This article examines the socio-political dimension of fracking as manifested in the UK press at three key temporal points in the debate on the practice. Three newspaper corpora were analysed qualitatively using Thematic Analysis and Social Representations Theory. Three overarching themes are discussed: “April–May 2011: From Optimism to S…
When climate science became climate politics
Climate change has become a pressing environmental concern for scientists, social commentators and politicians. Previous social science research has explored media representations of climate change in various temporal and geographical contexts. Through the lens of Social Representations Theory, this article provides a detailed qualitative thematic analysis of media representations of climate change in the 1988 British broadsheet press, given that…
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