Instructions:

Use one of the following article headlines, and drawing on themes that arise in weeks 1-4, you are asked to write a 1000 word newspaper article, based on current debates in mainstream and social media about climate change, the media and Australian politics.

Headline options:

1. How two degrees matters: communicating climate sensitivity.
2. Ways of overcoming the psychological distance of climate change.
3. Why social media is not the solution to climate change communication.
4. Politicians aren’t trusted on climate change: so why do they get all the attention?
5. Does reporting on climate change need to be balanced?
6. Australians are noticing more and more extreme weather, whilst climate change reporting has declined.
7. The less you say on climate change the more you will be heard.
8. Research shows that Australians are still divided on climate change
9. Overcoming the perception gap is the key to changing public opinion in Australia.
10. Why declaring a climate emergency is a poor communications strategy.
11. Global warming is slow, but dramatic impacts are happening right now.
12. Welcome to the Anthropocene