It's amazing to see that papers from the special issue on Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Antidemocratic Politics and Climate Change Communication are among the most read papers this year at Environmental Communication! You can check out the full issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/renc20/2...

Thanks for this great review of my book from @psrjournal.bsky.social! "The book’s most significant achievement is conceptual. 'Apocalyptic authoritarianism' is a genuinely original category that names something real about the convergence of crisis communication and reactionary politics."

Commissioned Book Review: Morris HE, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power - Michael Asiedu, 2026

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This is a worthwhile read 👀

Hanna E. Morris, Ph.D.@hannamorris.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In light of recent conversations, if anyone wants to checkout my case for the importance of critical approaches in climate communication and climate social science research, the intro essay to the special issue I edited is open access! #climatechange #greensky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you @eandhwhp.bsky.social for the wonderful review of my book! You can read this great overview of Apocalyptic Authoritarianism here: www.whpress.co.uk/EH/reviews/2...

Thanks so much to Kat Fuller and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for featuring my book in this interview! You can read it in full here: reacpol.net/apocalyptic-...

Interview: “Apocalyptic Authoritarianism” with Hanna Morris - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Hannah Morris's book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism

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Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · last mo.

📣New interiew📣 'Men like Trump, Musk, and Thiel are overwhelmingly anxious about not only “white death” but also about their own mortality' @hannamorris.bsky.social discusses the rise of apocalyptic authoritarianism. reacpol.net/apocalyptic-...

"When scholars from historically excluded groups entered the academy in significant numbers they did not simply add new faces to existing conversations. They expanded the conversations themselves. They introduced new questions new archives new methods and new frameworks for understanding the world."

Lisa Siraganian@lsiraganian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.

Thanks @steho.bsky.social for the awesome conversation on the Green Majority radio show last week! You can listen to the full episode where we talk about my book, how U.S. climate journalism tends to reinforce the myth of American exceptionalism, and more here: www.greenmajority.ca/the-podcast/...

How Climate Journalism Reinforces American Hegemony (1017) — Green Majority Radio

Stefan interviews Dr. Hanna Morris about her book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media and Power.

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It's exciting to see how much our paper has resonated with folks - if you haven't read it & are interested, "Policing the Climate Crisis" is available open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does any publicity is good publicity apply to climate action? Turns out no. Tune into CIUT 89.5FM today at 11am to catch my conversation with @hannamorris.bsky.social about her book Apocolyptic Authoritarianism which details how traditional media coverage of climate has served to slow progress 1/2

Feeling so inspired after seeing the new documentary about the amazing career and conviction of Amy Goodman and hearing her speak at the Canada premiere! Thanks for all of the important work you do @democracynow.org!

"We explore how common sense and popular will ('the will of the people') are constructed to defend certain ideas. This is not an exercise in pointing the finger at particular culprits, but, rather, an in-depth exploration of how power is constructed through processes and narratives."

Reactionary Democracy

Democracy is not necessarily progressive, and will only be if we make it so. What Mondon and Winter call ‘reactionary democracy’ is the use of the concept of democracy and its associated understanding...

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It’s so damaging when (usually rich & white) folks suddenly have a “climate awakening”, claim expertise after reading a few reports, malign the work of those of us who have actually been in the thick of it their entire lives, & then eventually get bored & move onto "solving" the next "global issue"

In light of recent conversations, if anyone wants to checkout my case for the importance of critical approaches in climate communication and climate social science research, the intro essay to the special issue I edited is open access! #climatechange #greensky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Critical Approaches for Research on Antidemocratic Politics and Climate Change Communication

In this introductory essay, guest editor Hanna E. Morris outlines the theoretical and methodological contributions of the Special Issue (SI) Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Antidemocratic Politics ...

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Pretty sure this will be one of my top books of the year #academicsky #phdsky #booksky

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣New book review📣 'By the end, so much momentum is gathered the weight of evidence feels undeniable.' @sara-hill.bsky.social reviews 'Apocalyptic Authoritarianism' by @hannamorris.bsky.social. reacpol.net/apocalyptic-...

Thank you @sara-hill.bsky.social for your deep engagement with my book! I truly appreciate this review.

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣New book review📣 'By the end, so much momentum is gathered the weight of evidence feels undeniable.' @sara-hill.bsky.social reviews 'Apocalyptic Authoritarianism' by @hannamorris.bsky.social. reacpol.net/apocalyptic-...

Check-out our new paper (thanks again for inviting me to collaborate on this, @ophiryotam.bsky.social!): "Apocalyptic Climate Change Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation in White-Nationalist Communities Online: An Analysis of 25 Years of Discourse on Stormfront" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Apocalyptic Climate Change Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation in White-Nationalist Communities Online: An Analysis of 25 Years of Discourse on Stormfront

This study examines the ways in which white nationalists have been using climate change debates to further and extend racist, misogynistic, and antidemocratic narratives. Using a mixed-method appro...

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Very disheartening when, in this heightened moment of anti-intellectualism, media darlings who position themselves as "on the left" mine (i.e. take) academic research w/o citing or uplifting the researchers themselves & legitimize this as necessary b/c the researchers' writing is "too academic"

Always exciting to see folks engaging with my new book. Thanks for the review from the journal Mass Communication & Society! #booksky #climatepolitics #climatecommunication www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crises, Media, and Power

Published in Mass Communication and Society (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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New book review! Apocalyptic authoritarianism: climate crisis, media, and power by Hanna E. Morris. @hannamorris.bsky.social Reviewed by Marianna Poberezhskaya. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Join us in Dublin on June 27 to reflect on past, current, and future trajectories of the field of climate change communication. We encourage practice-based abstracts from climate media-makers, activists, & community organizers in addition to traditional scholarly papers. iamcr.org/galway2026/e...

Just published! This Special Issue underscores the importance of scholarship that interrogates the current state of climate politics and opens pathways for more deeply contextualized and democratic responses to climate change. 🌱 spr.ly/63321Cf8Td #OpenAccess #ClimateChangePolicy

Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Critical Approaches for Research on Antidemocratic Politics and Climate Change Communication

In this introductory essay, guest editor Hanna E. Morris outlines the theoretical and methodological contributions of the Special Issue (SI) Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Antidemocratic Politics ...

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#OpenAccessArticle Environmental or Ecological Communication? Lessons (too late) from the Great Barrier Reef 🌊 This article emphasizes the complex dynamics of communication in environmental and climate politics. Explore: spr.ly/63322CfHHO

Environmental or Ecological Communication? Lessons (too late) from the Great Barrier Reef

Environmental communication has failed the Great Barrier Reef. After fifty years of communicating the need for protection and conservation, the Reef—like coral reefs globally—remains on the brink o...

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Low-emissions, High Tensions: Social Media Groups and the Escalation of Climate Obstruction The article offers novel insights into the strategic use of social media to amplify climate obstruction in the U.K. Read: spr.ly/63322CfJxq

Low-emissions, High Tensions: Social Media Groups and the Escalation of Climate Obstruction

Backlash against climate policy is rare, but it is growing as policies become more present in everyday life, and resistance is becoming more confrontational. In the UK, this includes property destr...

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Explore the intersections of anti-climate reactionary politics and communication in Germany, Sweden, and Brazil: 1. Germany- spr.ly/63328hBTAg 2. Sweden- spr.ly/63321hBTAc 3. Brazil- spr.ly/63324hBTAm 🌳 🍃

The Rise of (Affective) Obstruction: Conceptualizing the Evolution of Far-Right Climate Change Communication (1986–2018)

Research has illustrated that today’s far right in the Global North takes largely climate obstructionist stances, commonly featuring ageist/misogynistic/racist tropes. However, little is known abou...

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Open Access for a limited time 👀

Hanna E. Morris, Ph.D.@hannamorris.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Special Issue on Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Antidemocratic Politics and Climate Change Communication that I edited is now available. A huge thanks to @phaedra.bsky.social for the opportunity to edit this project and to all of the contributing authors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/renc20/2...

The Special Issue on Backlash, Borders, and Bunkers: Antidemocratic Politics and Climate Change Communication that I edited is now available. A huge thanks to @phaedra.bsky.social for the opportunity to edit this project and to all of the contributing authors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/renc20/2...

I have an open access article out today! In a special issue of Environmental Communication edited by @hannamorris.bsky.social - The Populationist Climate Futures Industry: NGO SF Capital, Eco-emotions and Speculative Ecofascism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to read this by two writers I admire @astra.bsky.social & @naomiaklein.bsky.social! If you are interested in a related title already written, check out my new book - although I call this reactionary & necropolitical politics "apocalyptic authoritarianism" global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.