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Communicating invasion: understanding social anxieties around mobile species

Ernwein, Marion ; Fall, Juliet J.

In: Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 2015, vol. 97, no. 2, p. 155–167

This article explores how discourses of threat concerning invasive alien species emerge and how ordinary citizens understand, receive and appropriate them. It explores the ambivalence of scientists and policy-makers using emotive or highly charged terms and vocabulary, arguing that many make strategic yet cautious use of fear to raise awareness. Based both on in-depth interviews of scientists...