Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet is an associate professor of communication and director of the Climate Shift Project at American University. He has written over 50 studies, book chapters and monographs examining the communication dynamics of policymaking and public affairs, focusing on science, the environment and public health. Nisbet has been named a Health Policy Investigator at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is an inaugural member of the Google Science Communication Fellows program. He writes and edits the Age of Engagement blog at Big Think. Nisbet holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Communication from Cornell University. He has an undergraduate degree in government from Dartmouth College. Nisbet’s research project at the Shorenstein Center will focus on “Knowledge Journalism: Storytelling in a Risk Society.”

Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet: How Public Opinion Has Shifted on Climate Change and Why

June 23, 2016

Matthew Nisbet, fall 2012 fellow and Northeastern University communication professor, discussed public opinion on climate change on “The Diane Rehm Show.” Listen to the show at WAMU.

Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet on Climate Change

April 19, 2016

April 19, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, spoke to Eduardo Porter of The New York Times for his column on how “Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change.” Nisbet also spoke to the Associated Press about a new study at the journal Nature that sparked unusually critical

Matthew Nisbet Named Editor of the Journal Environmental Communication

March 24, 2016

March 24, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, was named the new editor of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Communication. He also spoke with public radio’s Marketplace about strategies for motivating greater public concern over climate change. Read more about the journal and listen to the Marketplace segment.

Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist

March 7, 2013

A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of “knowledge journalism” on the climate change debate.

Revkin: Climate change information must come from outside journalism

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 — The first of three Shorenstein Center/Belfer Center seminars on news coverage of climate change, “The Public Divide over Climate Change: Scientists, Skeptics and the Media,” was itself a lively debate. The panel featured Andrew C. Revkin of the New York Times‘ Dot Earth blog, Matthew Nisbet of American University, and Tom

Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet: How Public Opinion Has Shifted on Climate Change and Why

June 23, 2016

Matthew Nisbet, fall 2012 fellow and Northeastern University communication professor, discussed public opinion on climate change on “The Diane Rehm Show.” Listen to the show at WAMU.

Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet on Climate Change

April 19, 2016

April 19, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, spoke to Eduardo Porter of The New York Times for his column on how “Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change.” Nisbet also spoke to the Associated Press about a new study at the journal Nature that sparked unusually critical

Matthew Nisbet Named Editor of the Journal Environmental Communication

March 24, 2016

March 24, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, was named the new editor of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Communication. He also spoke with public radio’s Marketplace about strategies for motivating greater public concern over climate change. Read more about the journal and listen to the Marketplace segment.

Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist

March 7, 2013

A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of “knowledge journalism” on the climate change debate.

Revkin: Climate change information must come from outside journalism

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 — The first of three Shorenstein Center/Belfer Center seminars on news coverage of climate change, “The Public Divide over Climate Change: Scientists, Skeptics and the Media,” was itself a lively debate. The panel featured Andrew C. Revkin of the New York Times‘ Dot Earth blog, Matthew Nisbet of American University, and Tom

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