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Ryan N. Comfort

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Climate Change Communication and PerceptionEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityMedia Studies and CommunicationRhetoric and Communication StudiesSocial Media and Politics

Publications

14

Citations

56

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
AI-generated

Ryan N. Comfort studies how environmental and science issues are communicated through news media and social media, with a particular focus on Indigenous communities and natural resource management. Much of the work examines how images and 'framing' (the way stories are presented) shape public perceptions and support for conservation and climate policies. The research also explores journalism practices, including how newsrooms operate and how scientific knowledge is co-produced with Indigenous partners.

Environmental and science communicationIndigenous knowledge and media representationVisual framing and social media engagementClimate policy perception and supportJournalism studies and newsroom practices

Publication activity has been steady over the last several years, averaging about two per year with a peak in 2022.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 4 publications4222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly×3
  • Environmental Communication×2
  • Society & Natural Resources×2
  • PEDIATRICS×2
  • Journalism×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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