Summers, B., Taylor, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-1234, Bellomo, P. et al. (1 more author) (2024) How concerning is Lucifer? Insights from an experimental study of public responses to heat event naming in England and Italy. Meteorological Applications, 31 (6). e70017. ISSN 1350-4827
Abstract
Summer 2023 saw record high temperatures across several European countries with these heat events being unofficially dubbed Cerberus and Charon. This has led to discussion about whether naming severe heat events is an effective way to convey the risks posed. In online experiments with regionally representative sample of members of the public in England and Italy, we assessed the effect of giving a heat event a mythological, non-mythological or no name on anticipated severity, concern, trust/confidence and behavioural intention. We find that while naming alone does not have a strong effect on anticipated response to severe heat events in either country, going against the established trend of using mythological names in Italy could diminish concern.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Europe, heatwaves, weather event naming, weather risk communication, weather warnings |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Analytics, Technology & Ops Department |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2024 13:00 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2025 13:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/met.70017 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219604 |