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(moral) language of hate | PNAS Nexus | Oxford Academic
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker
Mercier and Sperber prefer the term “myside bias.” Humans, they point out, aren’t randomly credulous. Presented with someone else’s argument, we’re quite adept at spotting the weaknesses. Almost invariably, the positions we’re blind about are our own.
Strategic Communications for Social Change Handbook & Workbook – Well Made Strategy
Crafting Headlines for Change: The Art and Science of Petition Titles · Change.org
Lessons for Social Change Communications Strategy From the US Marriage Equality and Antismoking Campaigns
Aspirational Communication, an approach that seeks to motivate and mobilize people to support a cause by connecting it to the audience’s aspirations for their own lives. I specifically suggest a six-step framework based on the approach that can help social movements to drive durable attitude change.
Explanation and the “How“ of a Narrative - Narrative Initiative
Released in March as part of FrameWorks Institute’s 20th anniversary, the Explanation Declaration asks communicators to help people understand the “how” behind issues and see that how as a critical part of engaging and empowering people to take action.
The Science of Belief: Move Beyond “Us” and “Them” to “We”
News media often frame refugees as a burden or threat to a community, where humanitarian stories often frame refugees as helpless people in a far-off land in need of help. Both narratives — while sympathetic — consistently situate refugees as outsiders. Our job as communicators is to shift the narrative from “us” and “them” to “we.”
Unsticking Stuck Mental Models: Adventures in Systems Change
Six Ways to Boost Public Support for Prevention-Based Policy
Addressing massive challenges like climate change and poverty requires that we take a long-term view and have a preventative mindset. Since these perspectives challenge the deeply ingrained ways we have evolved to think and behave, we need to pay attention to why prevention is hard to think about and navigate the cognitive road blocks that stand in the way of progress. By presenting issues and information in ways that unlock support for preventative approaches, we can galvanize the ideas and actions social and environmental change requires.
5 ways to change the narrative from fear to hope | Bond
A Guide to Hope-Based Communications | OpenGlobalRights
Also see author's org: https://www.hope-based.com/ 5 shifts: 1) Fear to hope 2) Against to for 3) Problem to solution 4) Threat to opportunity 5) Victims to heroes
How to Use Communications to Drive Social Change | Speaking of Change
6 case studies from Packard Foundations grantees
Wide Angle Lens – Frameworks Academy
TED Talks on International Development: Trans-Hegemonic Promise and Ritualistic Constraints - Denskus - 2015 - Communication Theory - Wiley Online Library
Our analysis suggests that TED talks succeed in disseminating ideas and sparking public interest. At the same time, they reflect institutionalized, corporatized modes of mass communication rooted in elitist discourses and practices. Contrary to popular perceptions, we therefore conclude that while TED talks are an effective vehicle for information dissemination, they are an unlikely catalyst for social change.
How smart language helped end Seattle’s paralyzing bikelash | PeopleForBikes
Public Health and Media Advocacy - Annual Review of Public Health, 35(1):293
Communications Strategies that Fast Track Policy Change | MEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS
Engage the Battlefield of Ideas for Social Good
Digital Storytelling for Social Impact : The Rockefeller Foundation
The 20 Most Powerful Storytelling Videos of 2013 | Visual.ly Blog
Visions, Values and Voice - A Social Communications Toolkit | Opportunity Agenda
An Online Advocacy Code of Ethics
Communication for Social Change Consortium (CFSC Consortium)
Publications and resources about using communication for social change in development programs