{"id":417,"date":"2021-10-12T21:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T04:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/mpalliyaguru\/?p=417"},"modified":"2021-11-13T21:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T05:42:33","slug":"a-little-thing-called-framing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/mpalliyaguru\/a-little-thing-called-framing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Thing Called Framing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve recently moved. In a similar fashion to Margaret Hale in North & South, I moved from the country to the city. Although many positives have been attached to this move, the one drawback is my separation from the nearby nature that I had grown accustomed to enjoying on a daily basis. In my original sit spot, I was surrounded by what I understood to be an oasis of the natural world. I woke every day to birds chirping. Now, however, in the city, I no longer wake up to bird song (unless you can consider the cacophonous chirping of sirens and crescendo of horns or over-zealous mufflers bird song). This has been a theme that I have reflected on in my new (and subsequently indoor<\/em>) sit spot. I do, indeed, have my plants to keep me company as well as an expansive window with a view of ever-changing trees. Yet, no wildlife sounds. No birds<\/em>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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My thoughts\u2014on the loss of these great natural experiences\u2014does bring to mind the Conner et. al. (2016) paper, \u201cInterpersonal communication about climate change: How messages change when communicated through simulated online social networks.\u201d Specifically, the development<\/em> content domain that relates \u201cclimate change to the economy and technology\u201d (p. 465). I am reflecting on this loss of bird calls as a loss-frame<\/em>. As a result of deforestation, poor city planning, and infringement on ecosystems, we are losing pieces of the natural world that are, in my opinion, sacred. Irreplaceable, in fact. In short, I am focusing on the negative effects of not mitigating climate change (p. 465). When my reflections take me down this line of thought, I am filled with a deep helplessness. I can never replace and fix what has been lost in such a way. Furthermore, will there be a time where no one wakes up to the sound of birdsong? How can I, one person, living in a consumer culture as a consumer<\/em> (an enabler of an economy that seems to encourage this kind of rapid and un-mitigated growth and excess) do something about it? I am, thanks to my education, equipped with knowledge, yes, and awareness. Yet, how does this help? What can I actually do?<\/p>

It is in the Hine et. al. (2015) paper, \u201cPreaching to different choirs: How to motivate dismissive, uncommitted, and alarmed audiences to adapt to climate change?\u201d that says that \u201cmessages framed in terms of negative outcomes and high uncertainty decreased participants\u2019 intentions to engage in pro-environmental behavior\u201d (p. 2). The negative associations I made between a lack of bird song quickly had me spiralling into uncertainty. Indeed, I believe that there are larger implications tied to how loss-frame<\/em> messaging can discourage action. If someone is uncertain about a topic, hearing negative (or worse, incriminating messaging) may push them further away from making steps toward, in this case, climate action. That is why I believe it is necessary to have positive (or gain-frame<\/em>) narratives. \u201cFraming climate change outcomes in terms of gains (relative to losses) was [in a 2010 study) associated with increased perceived severity of climate change impacts\u201d (Hine et. al., 2016, p. 2). People that were presented with gain-frame<\/em> narratives feel a larger sense of agency to create positive change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\nBased on this narrative, I present to you another observation taken a few weeks after my initial observation. As I was in my new sit spot, with a veritable deluge happening outside my window. Trees battening down the hatches, a misty haze over the horizon, I was visited by not one, but five<\/em> pigeons right outside my door. Each one plumper than the other, they preened on the banister of my balcony taking shelter from the said downpour. This moment filled me with such joy and contentment. As if the universe had heard and answered my silent plea; here I was, accompanied by nature in the most unexpected way. It was a reminder, to me, that\u2014perhaps\u2014all I need to do is listen a little bit more intently for those bird calls in the morning. Take more moments\u2014like this one\u2014to really look outside of myself. Because, nature is still there, all around me. It\u2019s just challenging me to be more in tune. To continue advocating. All I needed, was a little gain<\/em> to change my whole frame around.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hine, W. D., Phillips, W. J., Cooksey, R., Reser, J. P., Nunn, P., Marks, A. D. G., Loi, N. M, Watt, E. S. (2015). \u00a0Preaching to different choicrs: How to motivate dismissive, uncommited, and alarmed audiences to adapt to climate change? Global Environmental Change, 36<\/em>, 1-11. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloenvcha.2015.11.002<\/a><\/p>

Conner, P., Harris, E., Guy, S., Fernando, J., Shank, D. B., Kurz, T., Bain, P. G., Kashima, Y. (2016). Interpersonal communication about climate change: How messages change when communicated through simulated online social networks. Climate Change, 136<\/em>, 463-476. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10584-016-1643-z<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Little Thing Called Framing I\u2019ve recently moved. In a similar fashion to Margaret Hale in North & South, I moved from the country to the city. Although many positives have been attached to this move, the one drawback is my separation from the nearby nature that I had grown accustomed to enjoying on a 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