Engaging urban nature: improving our understanding of public perceptions of the role of biodiversity in cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Campbell-Arvai
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Urban Nature

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 797-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianne Suldovsky ◽  
Asheley Landrum ◽  
Natalie Jomini Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Science Media

In an era where expertise is increasingly critiqued, this study draws from the research on expertise and scientist stereotyping to explore who the public considers to be a scientist in the context of media coverage about climate change and genetically modified organisms. Using survey data from the United States, we find that political ideology and science knowledge affect who the US public believes is a scientist in these domains. Our results suggest important differences in the role of science media attention and science media selection in the publics “scientist” labeling. In addition, we replicate previous work and find that compared to other people who work in science, those with PhDs in Biology and Chemistry are most commonly seen as scientists.

scholarly journals The wrongful imprisonment of the Guildford Four: Who bears the blame?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tara Schoeller-Burke
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Popular Opinion ◽  
The Face ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
Miscarriage Of Justice

<p>This paper discusses the wrongful imprisonment of the Guildford Four, and the reasons why this miscarriage of justice occurred. Contrary to popular opinion that the injustice arose due to police malpractice, this paper will conclude that the blame lies primarily with the judiciary for failing to reverse the 1975 decision even in the face of what seemed to be insurmountable contradictory evidence. This paper analyses the role each branch of government played, as well as discussing the role of public perceptions and societal fears of the time.</p>

Public Perceptions of the Criminal Courts: The Role of Demographic and Related Attitudinal Variables

1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMOTHY J. FLANAGAN ◽  
EDMUND F. McGARRELL ◽  
EDWARD J. BROWN
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Criminal Courts

The Role of the Law Commission: Parliamentary and Public Perceptions of Statute Law

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
LORD JUSTICE STAUGHTON
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Commission

scholarly journals Working out What Works: The Role of Tacit Knowledge Where Urban Greenspace Research, Policy and Practice Intersect

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Dobson ◽  
Nicola Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Urban Greenspace

Policymakers and practitioners working in urban greenspace management want to know what kind of interventions are effective in promoting mental wellbeing. In practice, however, they rely on multiple forms of knowledge, often in unwritten form. This paper considers how such knowledge is interpreted and used by a range of stakeholders to identify greenspace interventions to support residents’ health and wellbeing in one UK city. It examines the interface between academic research, policy and practice, drawing on the findings of a three-year study in Sheffield, UK. The Improving Wellbeing through the Urban Nature project investigated the links between ‘urban nature’ and mental health. One strand of the research sought to influence policy and practice, and this article presents findings and reflects on some of the processes of this exercise. It highlights the role of tacit knowledge in practice and its influence on practitioners’ choice of greenspace interventions and the challenges in drawing on such knowledge to influence policy. The findings affirm practice-based knowledge as socially situated, interpretively fashioned and politically weighted. This paper concludes by demonstrating the importance of considering the local context when devising policy prescriptions for greenspace provision and management.

Crystallising the official narrative: News discourses about the killings from the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs

Journalism ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 146488491986782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryll Ruth R Soriano ◽  
Clarissa C David ◽  
Jenna Mae Atun
Keyword(s):  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Television News ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Zero Tolerance Policy ◽  
The Media ◽  
State Responses ◽  
Selection Of

News media’s construction of crime and drugs can shape and change public perceptions and influence popular acceptance of policy and state responses. In this way, media, through selection of sources and framing of narratives, act as important agents of social control, either independently or indirectly by state actors. This article examines how the Philippine government’s anti-drug campaign, and the thousands of deaths resulting from them, has been depicted by the media to the public. We conducted a discourse analysis of television news stories to extract dominant frames and narratives, finding a pattern of over-privileging of State authority as a source, resulting in a monolithic message of justifying the killing of suspects. Furthermore, the ‘event-focused’ slant, which dominates the character of reports by media, inevitably solidifies the narrative that the deaths are a necessary consequence of a national public safety campaign. By relying almost exclusively on this narrative, to the exclusion of alternative frames, the media amplifies and crystallises the state’s narrative. As we critically examine how drugs, drug use and the zero-tolerance policy are positioned through discourse in news texts, the article raises important implications to the ethics and role of journalism in politics and provides explanations relating to crime-reporting norms, values and media organisation realities in the country.

Smokescreens and Beer Goggles

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra C. Jones ◽  
Austin Wyatt ◽  
Mike Daube
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Underage Drinking ◽  
Alcohol Industry ◽  
Corporate Social Marketing ◽  
Considerable Controversy ◽  
Education Campaigns ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Social Causes

Corporate social marketing (CSM) is one of several initiatives companies can undertake to demonstrate their corporate social responsibility (CSR). While there are many motivations for CSR and CSM, all are linked to profit in some way, including promoting the reputation of the organization. While CSM is often seen as evidence of organizations making a contribution to their community, there are some industries whose CSM campaigns have drawn considerable controversy and criticism. This article discusses the role of the alcohol industry in developing and disseminating “responsible drinking” CSM activities. It discusses some of the problems identified with alcohol industry CSM campaigns—including evidence that industry education campaigns communicate ambiguous messages; improve public perceptions of the industry but do not discourage harmful or underage drinking; and divert attention from more effective approaches, such as controls on price and availability. The paper also addresses the issue of other CSM/CRM activities undertaken by the alcohol industry, such as encouraging consumers to purchase a brand by donating a proportion of the profits to health and social causes (including those that are exacerbated by alcohol consumption). It discusses the value of these activities for the industry and their potential negative impact on the health of the community. In summary, the evidence suggests that industry CSM and CRM activities protect the industry (from restrictive policies and declining sales) but may in fact be detrimental to the community.

scholarly journals The Role of Sectors in the Socio-Demographic Process of Nukus

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Shnekeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Towns ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Active Movement ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Demographic Process ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

It is natural that all modern small towns move to the level of megacities. The city of Nukus is trying to accept this status on the basis of its socio-demographic process, but it is natural that the bigger the city, the more problems. The main challenge for the rise of Nukus to the level of a megalopolis is to determine the evolutionary demographic growth of the population, to study the climatic conditions, to identify and improve the social infrastructure of the population. The climate of the urban nature, the social infrastructure of the population, the areas and shortcomings of each sector were studied. The result of the active movement of sectors to implement the state program in all areas of the city will serve to prepare for the level of the megalopolis.

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