Doug Cloud
Biographic Data
| ID | 8492273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doug Cloud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doug |
| FAMILY NAME | Cloud |
| SIGNATURE | CLOUD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Digital Climate Rhetoric and the Corrupted Scientist Archetype
Social media platforms are prominent arenas for the circulation of climate change discourse, both scientific and skeptical. Watts Up With That (WUWT) is a blog and Facebook community that is a central node in the climate skeptical network. We collected WUWT Facebook posts using BirdSong Analytics and used iterative coding informed by theories of credibility to categorize rhetorical strategies that WUWT members use to undermine the credibility of …
The Corrupted Scientist Archetype and Its Implications for Climate Change Communication and Public Perceptions of Science
In debates about policy responses to anthropogenic global warming (AGW), arguers sometimes challenge the credibility of scientists by alleging that those scientists have been tainted by financial and political commitments – in short, that they are Corrupted Scientists. Arguers use this technique to both challenge and support the scientific consensus on AGW. This study undertakes a detailed discourse analysis of 20 U.S. Congressional Hearings to e…
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The Corrupted Scientist Archetype and Its Implications for Climate Change Communication and Public Perceptions of Science
In debates about policy responses to anthropogenic global warming (AGW), arguers sometimes challenge the credibility of scientists by alleging that those scientists have been tainted by financial and political commitments – in short, that they are Corrupted Scientists. Arguers use this technique to both challenge and support the scientific consensus on AGW. This study undertakes a detailed discourse analysis of 20 U.S. Congressional Hearings to e…
Digital Climate Rhetoric and the Corrupted Scientist Archetype
Social media platforms are prominent arenas for the circulation of climate change discourse, both scientific and skeptical. Watts Up With That (WUWT) is a blog and Facebook community that is a central node in the climate skeptical network. We collected WUWT Facebook posts using BirdSong Analytics and used iterative coding informed by theories of credibility to categorize rhetorical strategies that WUWT members use to undermine the credibility of …
Archetype (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Data science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)