Sol Hart (Ph.D. candidate)
Sol is a 5th year Ph.D. student in the Communication department. His research interests center on environmental communication, persuasion, and the mass media. He is currently completing a dissertation that examines framing, numeracy, and social identity in the context of persuasive appeals related to climate change.
Before coming to Cornell, Sol completed an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon and a B.S. in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning from the University of California-Davis. He also worked at Decision Research, a University of Oregon-based think tank that specializes in research on risk perception and decision-making.
Hart, P. S. & Leiserowitz, A. (2009, in press). 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.
Siemer, W. F., Hart, P. S., Decker, D. J., and Shanahan, J. (2009, in press). Factors that influence risk perception and predisposition to report a human-black bear interaction. Human Dimensions of Wildlife
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. (2009, in press). Application of risk concepts to wildlife management: special issue introduction. Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Byrne, S. & Hart, P. S. (2008, in press). The 'boomerang' effect: A synthesis of findings and a preliminary theoretical framework. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook, 33, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Hart, P. S., Nisbet, E. C., Shanahan, J. E. (2009, forthcoming).
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. (2009, forthcoming). The role of political ideology and victim identification in the effectivness of climate change messages. Paper presented at: Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Hart, P. (2009). One or many? The influence of episodic and thematic climate change frames. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention. Boston, MA.
Hart, P.S., Nisbet, E.C., & Shanahan, J. (2009). The influence of environmental values and media use on predispositions for public engagement in wildlife management decision making. Paper presented at: International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Ill.
Nisbett, E.C., & Hart, P.S. (2009). Framing global climate change: Cognitive and emotional responses within a competitive message environment. Paper presented at: International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Ill.
Byrne, S., Mathios, A., Avery. R., & Hart, P.S. (2009). The unintended consequences of disclosure: Explicit sponsor identification on smoking cessation ads. Paper presented at: International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Ill.
Hart, P.S. (2008). The influence of statistics in climate change frames. Paper presented at: Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Hart, P.S., & Nisbet, E.C. (2008). Persuasion, political ideology, and social identity theory: An investigation into factors that affect efforts to communicate climate change. Paper presented at: Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Hart, P.S. (2008). When numbers matter: Using exemplars and statistics in persuasive climate change appeals. Paper presented at: Pathways to Success - Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management conference. Estes Park, CO.
Hart, P.S. (2008). Structural frame components in communicating climate change: How numbers matter. Paper presented at: International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources Management (ISSRM) conference. Burlington, VT.
Hart, P. S. (2008). Market influences on climate change frames in CNN and Fox News climate change broadcasts. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Hart, P.S., Nisbet, E.C., & Shanahan, J. (2007). Environmental values and the social amplification of risk: An examination of the public response to an outbreak of chronic wasting disease in upstate New York. Paper presented at: Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX.
Hart, P.S., & Leiserowitz, A.A. (2007). The influence of the mass media in information seeking behavior. Paper presented at: International Communication Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Yang, Z. & Hart, P. S. (2007). Does newspaper coverage of breast cancer produce frame- setting effects on teachers' perceptions? Paper presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention. Washington D. C.
Hart, P.S., & Leiserowitz, A.A. (2006). Information seeking behavior and The Day After Tomorrow: An analysis of information seeking behavior on global warming research-related websites during its release. Paper presented at: Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
B.S. in Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning (2002, University of California-Davis)
M.S. in Environmental Studies (2005, University of Oregon)
Ph.D. in Communication (expected 2009, Cornell University)
National Science Foundation (2008). Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: Explicating Thematic and Structural Frame Components for Effective Communication of Global Climate Change to Lay Audiences. Lewenstein, B. V. (PI) & Hart, P. S. (co-PI). (funded for $12,000).
Institute for Social Sciences (2008). Smoking Cessation Advertisements and Source Credibility. Byrne, S. (PI); Mathios, A. (co-PI); Avery, R. (co-PI); Hart, P. S. (co-investigator). (funded for $5,850).
Doctoral Fellowships Environmental Protection Agency (2008). Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship. (Full tuition and living stipend, renewable for three years).
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (2007). Communicating Global Climate Change. Yuan, C. (PI), Hart, P. S. (co-investigator); Nisbet, E. C. (co-investigator). (funded for $20,000).
Cornell (2005-2006). Graduate School Fellowship (Full tuition and living stipend).