Bio:
Sol Hart is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University with a research focus of risk, environmental, science, and health communication. He is also currently a visiting scholar at Decision Research, a leading think tank for the study of risk perception, judgment, and decision making. Hart takes a mixed methods approach in his research, using surveys, experiments, content analyses, and interviews to examine how thematic and structural elements of strategic messages influence emotional responses, policy support, individual behavior, public participation, and public opinion. In the domain of climate change, Hart examines the role that individual and societal factors play in shaping support or opposition to climate change initiatives and how communication strategies can alter individual behaviors and policy attitudes towards climate change initiatives.
Education:
BS (’02), Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning, Univ of California at Davis
MS (’05), Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
Doctoral Candidate, Communication, Cornell University
Selected publications:
Hart, P. S., Nisbet, E. C., Shanahan, J. E. (in press). Environmental values and the social amplification of risk: An examination of how environmental values and media use influence predispositions for public engagement. Society and Natural Resources.
Hart, P. S., & Leiserowitz, A. A. (2009). Finding the teachable moment: An analysis of information-seeking behavior on global warming related websites during the release of The Day After Tomorrow. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 3, 355-366.
Gore, M. L., Wilson, R. S., Siemer, W. F., Weiczorek Hudenko, H. A., Clarke, C. E., Hart, P. S., Maguire, L. A., & Muter, B. A. (in press). Application of risk concepts to wildlife management: special issue introduction. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 14, 301-314.
Byrne, S. & Hart, P. S. (2009). The 'boomerang' effect: A synthesis of findings and a preliminary theoretical framework. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 33, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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psh22@cornell.edu
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