Julia B Corbett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4257822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia B Corbett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia B |
| FAMILY NAME | Corbett |
| SIGNATURE | CORBETT J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Communicating the Climate Crisis
Communicating the Climate Crisis puts communication at the center of the change we need, providing concrete strategies that help break the inertia that blocks social and cultural transformation. Reimagining “earth” not just as the ground we walk upon but as the atmosphere we breathe—Eairth—this book examines our consumption-based identities in fossil fuel culture and the necessity of structural change to address the climate crisis. Strategies for…
Communicating the Climate Crisis
For the Birds
Communicating Nature
Altruism, Self-Interest, and the Reasonable Person Model of Environmentally Responsible Behavior
This study operationalized a new model of environmental behavior to test its utility in predicting the relatively difficult behavior of getting people out of their cars. The Reasonable Person Model of environmentally responsible behavior hypothesizes that a mix of self-interest, altruism, personal norms, desirable choices, and participatory problem solving are the best predictors of behavior. In a random sample telephone survey of drivers (N = 34…
Testing Public (Un)Certainty of Science
This exploratory study examines whether readers’assessments of the certainty of scientific findings depend on characteristics of news stories. An experimental design tested whether adding controversy and/or context to a news story about global warming influenced readers’ perceptions of its certainty. Respondents (N = 209) were randomly assigned to read one treatment and answer a questionnaire. Overall, there was a significant difference in reader…
Women, Scientists, Agitators
This study utilized a theoretical framework of the media's role in reporting conflict and uncertain science, and feminism and science in a thematic analysis of magazine coverage given Rachel Carson and “the Rachel Carson of the '90s,” Theo Colborn. Carson and Colborn's identities as women, scientists, and agitators led critics to charge that their work was nonscience or they were nonfeminine. Their scientific claims, which were essentially co-opt…
Gender-Specific Cancers, Gender-Specific Reporters
This research investigated the role of reporter gender in reporting about sensitive genderspecific cancers. On ABC, CBS, and NBC national newscasts from 1972 through 1995, male reporters presented 75 percent of all gender-specific cancer stories, delivered more stories over time, and delivered 96 percent of male-cancer stories and 72 percent of female-cancer stories. Female reporters delivered fewer female-cancer stories over time and never broke…
Media, Bureaucracy, and the Success of Social Protest
Media, Bureaucracy, and the Success of Social Protest
In this study, I investigated a point of disagreement in the literature: Does organizational bureaucracy help or hinder the success of social protest, measured here as prestige newspaper coverage given to environmental groups. Contrary to previous research, these data found a curvilinear relationship between bureaucracy level and media success: Medium bureaucracy groups were most successful at receiving coverage and being featured prominently wit…
The Environment as Theme and Package on a Local Television Newscast
This study investigated 601 stories in a segment called Earth KARE on a local TV newscast to determine how such a theme of coverage presented the environment. Despite previous findings of the prominence of science in media coverage of the environment, Earth KARE presented the environment as a government story, both in terms of news sources (40 percent) and arena of action (54 percent). The majority of station resources—use of reporters, video, an…
When wildlife make the news
This research concerned newspaper coverage of wildlife in the north-central US: what kinds of animals make the news, who speaks on behalf of wildlife, and whether coverage differs in rural and urban newspapers. State wildlife officials dominated news coverage: they were the most frequently attributed news sources, and coverage focused on management actions and management conflicts. Game animals received the bulk of attention (81%), rather than en…
Atmospheric Ozone
Testing Public (Un)Certainty of Science
This exploratory study examines whether readers’assessments of the certainty of scientific findings depend on characteristics of news stories. An experimental design tested whether adding controversy and/or context to a news story about global warming influenced readers’ perceptions of its certainty. Respondents (N = 209) were randomly assigned to read one treatment and answer a questionnaire. Overall, there was a significant difference in reader…
Media, Bureaucracy, and the Success of Social Protest
In this study, I investigated a point of disagreement in the literature: Does organizational bureaucracy help or hinder the success of social protest, measured here as prestige newspaper coverage given to environmental groups. Contrary to previous research, these data found a curvilinear relationship between bureaucracy level and media success: Medium bureaucracy groups were most successful at receiving coverage and being featured prominently wit…
Altruism, Self-Interest, and the Reasonable Person Model of Environmentally Responsible Behavior
This study operationalized a new model of environmental behavior to test its utility in predicting the relatively difficult behavior of getting people out of their cars. The Reasonable Person Model of environmentally responsible behavior hypothesizes that a mix of self-interest, altruism, personal norms, desirable choices, and participatory problem solving are the best predictors of behavior. In a random sample telephone survey of drivers (N = 34…
The Environment as Theme and Package on a Local Television Newscast
This study investigated 601 stories in a segment called Earth KARE on a local TV newscast to determine how such a theme of coverage presented the environment. Despite previous findings of the prominence of science in media coverage of the environment, Earth KARE presented the environment as a government story, both in terms of news sources (40 percent) and arena of action (54 percent). The majority of station resources—use of reporters, video, an…
Atmospheric Ozone
When wildlife make the news
This research concerned newspaper coverage of wildlife in the north-central US: what kinds of animals make the news, who speaks on behalf of wildlife, and whether coverage differs in rural and urban newspapers. State wildlife officials dominated news coverage: they were the most frequently attributed news sources, and coverage focused on management actions and management conflicts. Game animals received the bulk of attention (81%), rather than en…
Media, Bureaucracy, and the Success of Social Protest
Media, Bureaucracy, and the Success of Social Protest
In this study, I investigated a point of disagreement in the literature: Does organizational bureaucracy help or hinder the success of social protest, measured here as prestige newspaper coverage given to environmental groups. Contrary to previous research, these data found a curvilinear relationship between bureaucracy level and media success: Medium bureaucracy groups were most successful at receiving coverage and being featured prominently wit…
The Environment as Theme and Package on a Local Television Newscast
This study investigated 601 stories in a segment called Earth KARE on a local TV newscast to determine how such a theme of coverage presented the environment. Despite previous findings of the prominence of science in media coverage of the environment, Earth KARE presented the environment as a government story, both in terms of news sources (40 percent) and arena of action (54 percent). The majority of station resources—use of reporters, video, an…
Gender-Specific Cancers, Gender-Specific Reporters
This research investigated the role of reporter gender in reporting about sensitive genderspecific cancers. On ABC, CBS, and NBC national newscasts from 1972 through 1995, male reporters presented 75 percent of all gender-specific cancer stories, delivered more stories over time, and delivered 96 percent of male-cancer stories and 72 percent of female-cancer stories. Female reporters delivered fewer female-cancer stories over time and never broke…
Women, Scientists, Agitators
This study utilized a theoretical framework of the media's role in reporting conflict and uncertain science, and feminism and science in a thematic analysis of magazine coverage given Rachel Carson and “the Rachel Carson of the '90s,” Theo Colborn. Carson and Colborn's identities as women, scientists, and agitators led critics to charge that their work was nonscience or they were nonfeminine. Their scientific claims, which were essentially co-opt…
Testing Public (Un)Certainty of Science
This exploratory study examines whether readers’assessments of the certainty of scientific findings depend on characteristics of news stories. An experimental design tested whether adding controversy and/or context to a news story about global warming influenced readers’ perceptions of its certainty. Respondents (N = 209) were randomly assigned to read one treatment and answer a questionnaire. Overall, there was a significant difference in reader…
Altruism, Self-Interest, and the Reasonable Person Model of Environmentally Responsible Behavior
This study operationalized a new model of environmental behavior to test its utility in predicting the relatively difficult behavior of getting people out of their cars. The Reasonable Person Model of environmentally responsible behavior hypothesizes that a mix of self-interest, altruism, personal norms, desirable choices, and participatory problem solving are the best predictors of behavior. In a random sample telephone survey of drivers (N = 34…
Communicating Nature
Communicating the Climate Crisis
Communicating the Climate Crisis puts communication at the center of the change we need, providing concrete strategies that help break the inertia that blocks social and cultural transformation. Reimagining “earth” not just as the ground we walk upon but as the atmosphere we breathe—Eairth—this book examines our consumption-based identities in fossil fuel culture and the necessity of structural change to address the climate crisis. Strategies for…
Communicating the Climate Crisis
For the Birds
Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Newspaper (4 works)