Chris Russillis an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Ӱԭ University. Chris studies how climate change is conceptualized across a range of scientific and political problems to engage with the assumptions structuring our sense of danger, harm, violence, and crisis. He recently co-editedwith Anabela Carvalho and Julie Doyle, a collection exploring the relationship of conceptual invention and material politics in the climate movement.

Actions

  • Enacting lawsuits to mitigate and adapt to harm that comes from greenwashing, misinformation, or disinformation.
  • Education on spotting greenwashing and/or how to critically think with a climate crisis lens about advertisements we see.
  • Deep canvassing and talking with victims of climate misinformation and conspiracy theories.

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Chris’s Published Work

Chris Russill. “Alarmism and Accountability in Climate Communication During Extreme Events.” Social Media + Society 2023.

Anabela Carvalho, Chris Russill et al. “Editorial: Critical Approaches to Climate Change and Civic Action.” Frontiers in Communication, 2021.

Faiza Hirji, Chris Russill et al. “Putting Race at the Forefront of Communication Studies.” Canadian Journal of Communication, 2021.

News Articles on Fossil Fuel Lobbying

Websites with Climate Change Resouces

Nonfiction Books on Climate and Politics

Climate Leviathan, Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann. 2018.

Doppelganger, Naomi Klein. 2023.

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