Session 20 Media Analysis and Social Media Use in Weather and Climate Communication

Thursday, 16 January 2020: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Paul M. Chakalian, CIMMS, FRDD, Norman, OK and Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, London, ON

Papers:
1:30 PM
20.1
The Social Amplification of Risk During Hurricanes Florence and Michael
Amber Silver, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY; and S. Jackson and C. Ezung

1:45 PM
20.2
Using Facebook Live as a New Tool to Disseminate Critical Weather Information to Vulnerable Communities
John P. Moore III, NWS, Jackson, MS, MS; and W. Parker, F. Bowser, and C. Pieper

2:00 PM
20.3
Media and Climate Change: A Content Analysis Study on Extreme Weather Events and the Link to Climate Change in News Coverage
Anas A. Askar, NCASM, Howard University, Washington, DC; and T. Adams and C. Stroman

2:30 PM
20.5
The Social Amplification of National Weather Service Communication: Impact of Audience Population Factors and Message Content Features
Scott Leo Renshaw, Univ. of California Irvine, Irvine, CA; and C. T. Butts and J. Sutton

2:45 PM
20.6
NWSChat in the age of FACETs: The Future of the Integrated Warning Team
Austin MacDonald, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Berry and K. E. Klockow-McClain

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