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1) You would think that at a time when our very democracy is at risk -- and Americans are literally killing each other -- that climate activists like @MichaelEMann would rethink their Manichean, black+white obsession with war metaphors. #scicomm #envcomm https://www.kpcw.org/post/fighting-new-climate-war-author-michael-mann#stream/0
2) In his book @MichaelEMann outrageously accuses me of "shedding crocodile tears" for arguing at @ecoAmerica's Climate Leadership Summit that advocates should turn down the heat & be wary of how social media plays to our darkest tribal instincts #scicomm https://web.northeastern.edu/matthewnisbet/2020/04/30/against-climate-change-tribalism/
3) @michaelemann should be ashamed of himself. My speech was a direct reflection of the 20yrs of research I have done in the field of #scicomm + the research-based best practices I reviewed in this report for @_SciComm + @AAAS_DoSER https://www.aaas.org/programs/dialogue-science-ethics-and-religion/resources-engaging-scientists-project
4) My arguments are also consistent with the research and best practices reviewed in this consensus report @theNASEM on which I served as part of the authoring committee. #scicomm #envcomm https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23674/communicating-science-effectively-a-research-agenda
5) In fact, research shows that the use of war metaphors by scientists like @MichaelEMann harms the credibility of climate scientists -- see study by @APPCPenn's @brucewhardy, @CommDeptMSU's @JohnBesley + @TUKleincollege's @tmeghnaa #scicomm #envcomm https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1075547018822081
