The Influence of Climate Fiction

2018.12.26.

Abstract: Climate fiction—literature explicitly focused on climate change—has exploded over the last decade, and is often assumed to have a positive ecopolitical influence by enabling readers to imagine potential climate futures and persuading them of the gravity and urgency of climate change. Does it succeed? And whom does it reach?” Matthew Schneider-Mayerson: The Influence of Climate Fiction: An Empirical Survey of Readers (2018)

The Influence of Climate Fiction

Matthew Schneider-Mayerson’s article reports a qualitative survey of readers of climate fiction (cli-fi), examining who reads the genre and how reading relates to attitudes, emotions, and engagement with climate change.

  • Source: Environmental Humanities (Duke University Press) – Schneider-Mayerson article
  • Type: Peer-reviewed article (empirical study of cli-fi readership)
  • Accessed: 15 January 2026

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Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew. The Influence of Climate Fiction
Environmental Humanities (Duke University Press).
https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/10/2/473/136689/The-Influence-of-Climate-FictionAn-Empirical
Accessed 15 January 2026.
Archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/10/2/473/136689/The-Influence-of-Climate-FictionAn-Empirical

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