Mental models and enduring climate action
The Earth Connection Film Festival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21422580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Eise (0000-0001-9826-1871, Indiana University, corresponding author), Amanda Camarillo (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Sarah Lasley (California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt), S E Lasley (California Polytechnic State University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 479-491 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Applied Communication Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-9882 • E-ISSN: 1479-5752 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00909882.2025.2509968 |
| OpenAlex | W4411938428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
Climate change is one of the major interconnected social crises related to human health and the environment we face today, and motivating public action is a pressing challenge within that. The 2024 Earth Connection Film Festival screened 24 international films covering climate change through the lens of hope, connection, and responsibility. As part of a broader National Science Foundation research project to overcome climate apathy and build enduring environmental action, the festival provides films for a study on mental models and supports filmmakers covering climate change. This field report shares how the program was scientifically justified, the development of the festival, the event and its outcome, as well as takeaways for those interested in using film and media narratives as a vehicle for understanding and supporting social and behavioral change
Action (physics) · Astrobiology · Astronomy · Connection (principal bundle) · Earth (classical element) · Physics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Engineering · Environmental Science · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Remembering
The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods
Film Festivals
Validating culturally diverse students
Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change
Mental models and enduring climate action
Applied communication research as a discipline of crisis and care
Rectifying a flood data desert one step at a time
The Economy of Prestige
Climate Change 2022 - Mitigation of Climate Change
What does the Schema Concept Buy us
Leveraging Social Science to Generate Lasting Engagement with Climate Change Solutions
CommunicationSoWhite
Entertainment-education effectively reduces prejudice
Risk perceptions, moral attitudes, and anticipated guilt in US consumers’ climate change behavioral intentions
Red, white, and blue enough to be green
Communicating Climate Change
Framing Theory
Making Sense of the Senseless
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |