Hanna E. Morris, Ph.D.
@hannamorris.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Toronto | climate change media & politics | Newest book: “Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power” (Oxford University Press, 2025) | https://hannamorris.com
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A Q&A with media scholar Hanna E. Morris on her new book, ‘Apocalyptic Authoritarianism’
In their obsession with the “moderate center” have some journalists become unwitting tools of apocalyptic authoritarianism?
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It's a real honor to be featured in the latest podcast episode by @drilledmedia.bsky.social -- a climate news media platform I greatly admire. You can checkout my interview where I discuss Apocalyptic Authoritarianism here: drilled.media/news/hanna-m...
In Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, I also show how there is an apocalypse-infused & authoritarian-aligned nostalgia among traditional figures of power who long for a return to an imagined "golden age" of postwar America, understood to be before the Civil Rights & pro-democracy movements of the 1960s
“Apocalypticism has the capacity to rewire the brains of even the most reflective individuals and distort their vision to such a degree that even a bullying plutocrat with a deep fake tan can appear as the Messiah.” —Mark Lilla
Storm Warnings | Mark Lilla
The MAGA movement is not fed by conservative ideas but by a nihilistic, apocalyptic determination to stage a counterrevolution against the Sixties, against liberalism, against even democracy itself.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, I also show how there is an apocalypse-infused & authoritarian-aligned nostalgia among traditional figures of power who long for a return to an imagined "golden age" of postwar America, understood to be before the Civil Rights & pro-democracy movements of the 1960s
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BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
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October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
Check out this important new open access book available today! I'm excited to be one of the contributors for Chapter 6 on Steering the Climate Discourse: Legacy News, Social Media, Advertising, and Public Relations led by @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out this important new open access book available today! I'm excited to be one of the contributors for Chapter 6 on Steering the Climate Discourse: Legacy News, Social Media, Advertising, and Public Relations led by @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social
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New interview@ Hanna E Morris discusses Apocalyptic Authoritarianism and how centrist and far-right discourses converge vis-à-vis climate change. Check it out!
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Hanna E. Morris on Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, Climate Journalism, and the Convergence of Centrist and Far-Right Discourses illiberalism.org |
Hanna E. Morris discusses Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, and how centrist and far right discourses converge vis-à-vis climate change.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New interview@ Hanna E Morris discusses Apocalyptic Authoritarianism and how centrist and far-right discourses converge vis-à-vis climate change. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@hannamorris.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@hannamorris.bsky.social
Philly friends: I'm really excited to be discussing my new book, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power (Oxford University Press, 2025) at Wooden Shoe Books on October 26 at 4:30pm. All are welcome and I hope to see you there!
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Philly friends: I'm really excited to be discussing my new book, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power (Oxford University Press, 2025) at Wooden Shoe Books on October 26 at 4:30pm. All are welcome and I hope to see you there!
Such an honor to have had the opportunity to present my book today @ipk.bsky.social! Thanks to those who came out to my talk during this very busy #NYClimateWeek. And also thanks so much again to @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Such an honor to have had the opportunity to present my book today @ipk.bsky.social! Thanks to those who came out to my talk during this very busy #NYClimateWeek. And also thanks so much again to @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social
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For Climate Week, join IPK on September 25 for a book talk with @hannamorris.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For Climate Week, join IPK on September 25 for a book talk with @hannamorris.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
I'm really excited to be giving a book talk @ipk.bsky.social during NYC Climate Week next Thursday, September 25th -- if you will be in NY too, please swing by! The talk starts at 5:30pm. More details and registration are below:
For Climate Week, join IPK on September 25 for a book talk with @hannamorris.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm really excited to be giving a book talk @ipk.bsky.social during NYC Climate Week next Thursday, September 25th -- if you will be in NY too, please swing by! The talk starts at 5:30pm. More details and registration are below:
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With her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, I argue that @hannamorris.bsky.social deserves mentioning going forward alongside @naomioreskes.bsky.social and @amywestervelt.bsky.social. Building on their insights she nails something unique about the state of climate discourse.
Apocalyptic Authoritarianism is Here
YouTube video by Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations
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September 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
With her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism, I argue that @hannamorris.bsky.social deserves mentioning going forward alongside @naomioreskes.bsky.social and @amywestervelt.bsky.social. Building on their insights she nails something unique about the state of climate discourse.
Thanks so much @richard.wickedproblems.earth for the wonderful conversation -- I truly enjoyed the chance to share ideas and talk a bit about how my book can help us navigate politics right now.
You can check-out the interview below: news.wickedproblems.uk/p/apocalypti...
You can check-out the interview below: news.wickedproblems.uk/p/apocalypti...
How Apocalypse Makes Authoritarianism
Dr. Hanna E Morris on her weirdly prescient study on how certain climate narratives can lead us astray.
news.wickedproblems.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thanks so much @richard.wickedproblems.earth for the wonderful conversation -- I truly enjoyed the chance to share ideas and talk a bit about how my book can help us navigate politics right now.
You can check-out the interview below: news.wickedproblems.uk/p/apocalypti...
You can check-out the interview below: news.wickedproblems.uk/p/apocalypti...
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Just recorded a great conversation with @hannamorris.bsky.social about her must-read and weirdly presicent dissertation-turned-book, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism. Coming soon at wickedproblems.earth.
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just recorded a great conversation with @hannamorris.bsky.social about her must-read and weirdly presicent dissertation-turned-book, Apocalyptic Authoritarianism. Coming soon at wickedproblems.earth.
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Breaking Google up was one of the last best hopes for preventing the free press from getting squeezed into oblivion and harvested into AI slop, and for saving the open web. The ruling that effectively lets Google continue operating as a monopoly isn't just disappointing, it's a disaster.
One of the last, best hopes for saving the open web and a free press is dead
The Google ruling is a disaster. Let the AI slop flow and the writers, journalists and creators get squeezed.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Breaking Google up was one of the last best hopes for preventing the free press from getting squeezed into oblivion and harvested into AI slop, and for saving the open web. The ruling that effectively lets Google continue operating as a monopoly isn't just disappointing, it's a disaster.
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Don't miss @hannamorris.bsky.social talking about her new book - Apocalyptic Authoritarianism - at NYU on September 25th. Register here: bit.ly/46ej8md
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Don't miss @hannamorris.bsky.social talking about her new book - Apocalyptic Authoritarianism - at NYU on September 25th. Register here: bit.ly/46ej8md
This new series by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social is so important -- definitely be sure to check it out! (Also very exciting to hear the shout out to my work on "Apocalyptic Authoritarianism" in this episode!)
💡 How do gendered stories shape our response to the climate crisis?
In Carbon Bros episode 3, Amy Westervelt & Daniel Penny unpack “boy math” climate tech fixes, carbon capture, the doomer mindset & why so many solutions avoid real change.
via Non-Toxic & @drilledmedia.bsky.social
In Carbon Bros episode 3, Amy Westervelt & Daniel Penny unpack “boy math” climate tech fixes, carbon capture, the doomer mindset & why so many solutions avoid real change.
via Non-Toxic & @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Carbon Bros: Episode 3 (Climate Hysteria, Doomers, and Boy Math Solutions)
All we need are some sky vacuums, right?
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September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This new series by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social is so important -- definitely be sure to check it out! (Also very exciting to hear the shout out to my work on "Apocalyptic Authoritarianism" in this episode!)
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Climate folks: listen to @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast, Carbon Bros.
The intersection of the manosphere & climate is terrifying, creating new social obstacles to climate policy. Also featuring the brilliant @hannamorris.bsky.social
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The intersection of the manosphere & climate is terrifying, creating new social obstacles to climate policy. Also featuring the brilliant @hannamorris.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Carbon Bros, Ep 1: The Testosterone Pipeline
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Climate folks: listen to @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast, Carbon Bros.
The intersection of the manosphere & climate is terrifying, creating new social obstacles to climate policy. Also featuring the brilliant @hannamorris.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
The intersection of the manosphere & climate is terrifying, creating new social obstacles to climate policy. Also featuring the brilliant @hannamorris.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
If you will be in Toronto on September 18 (or know of anyone who will be!), please join for my book launch at 5pm at the University of Toronto! The event is free and open to the public (and will have lots of food and books!). I hope to see you there! www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/apoca...
August 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If you will be in Toronto on September 18 (or know of anyone who will be!), please join for my book launch at 5pm at the University of Toronto! The event is free and open to the public (and will have lots of food and books!). I hope to see you there! www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/apoca...
I can't wait to read this important book! Congrats, @bzelizer.bsky.social!
American journalism has serious problems. But how did we get here? @bzelizer.bsky.social’s new book 📚 How the Cold War Broke the News📚 uncovers the surprising roots of journalism’s decline and offers a plan to make it better. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4mqcr68
August 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I can't wait to read this important book! Congrats, @bzelizer.bsky.social!
Friends and colleagues in the NYC area, I will be doing a book talk at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge on September 25 at 5:30pm during Climate Week. The event is free and open to the public. I hope to see you there! #climatepolitics #greensky ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Book Talk | Hanna Morris | Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power – Institute for Public Knowledge
ipk.nyu.edu
August 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Friends and colleagues in the NYC area, I will be doing a book talk at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge on September 25 at 5:30pm during Climate Week. The event is free and open to the public. I hope to see you there! #climatepolitics #greensky ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
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Perusing the American Sociology Association book fair and came across this gem by @hannamorris.bsky.social at the @oxfordunipress.bsky.social booth 🤩 #ASA2025
August 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Perusing the American Sociology Association book fair and came across this gem by @hannamorris.bsky.social at the @oxfordunipress.bsky.social booth 🤩 #ASA2025
I participated in the "Page 99 Test" to see if page 99 of Apocalyptic Authoritarianism would give readers a good sense of the overall book and found that the experiment held water! You an read more here: page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/hann... #climatepolitics #greensky @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Hanna E. Morris's "Apocalyptic Authoritarianism"
Hanna E. Morris is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto and co-chair of the Critical Studie...
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August 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I participated in the "Page 99 Test" to see if page 99 of Apocalyptic Authoritarianism would give readers a good sense of the overall book and found that the experiment held water! You an read more here: page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/hann... #climatepolitics #greensky @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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📘 New book by IAMCR member Hanna E. Morris
@hannamorris.bsky.social: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism explores how U.S. media fuels fear-driven climate narratives and limits democratic responses to crisis. 🌍📚 #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies
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@hannamorris.bsky.social: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism explores how U.S. media fuels fear-driven climate narratives and limits democratic responses to crisis. 🌍📚 #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies
iamcr.org/books-morris...
July 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📘 New book by IAMCR member Hanna E. Morris
@hannamorris.bsky.social: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism explores how U.S. media fuels fear-driven climate narratives and limits democratic responses to crisis. 🌍📚 #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies
iamcr.org/books-morris...
@hannamorris.bsky.social: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism explores how U.S. media fuels fear-driven climate narratives and limits democratic responses to crisis. 🌍📚 #ClimateJustice #MediaStudies
iamcr.org/books-morris...
I wrote a chapter on anti-authoritarian climate justice and digital media for the Handbook on Climate Crisis Communication that is now available to read (see link below). I highly recommend this new book for a great overview of emerging research in the field! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Transnational climate justice | 15 | Anti-authoritarian climate moveme
This chapter explores digital climate justice activism and transnational movement-building. The chapter begins with an examination of scholarship on social
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I wrote a chapter on anti-authoritarian climate justice and digital media for the Handbook on Climate Crisis Communication that is now available to read (see link below). I highly recommend this new book for a great overview of emerging research in the field! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Under Trump 2.0, it's time for the national press to "let go of its one-sided portrayals that denigrate pro-democracy climate activists" and engage with those who are pushing for transformative climate action. @hannamorris.bsky.social
We Need a Media 2.0 to Cover Trump 2.0
It’s time for the national press to let go of its one-sided portrayals that diminish pro-democracy climate activists.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/we-need-a-media-2.0-to-cover-trump-2.0##
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Under Trump 2.0, it's time for the national press to "let go of its one-sided portrayals that denigrate pro-democracy climate activists" and engage with those who are pushing for transformative climate action. @hannamorris.bsky.social
I'm excited to share an article I wrote for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social! I draw upon my new book & the concept of "apocalyptic authoritarianism" to make a case for how the media can better navigate Trump 2.0 by learning from mistakes made the first time around www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
We Need a Media 2.0 to Cover Trump 2.0
It’s time for the national press to let go of its one-sided portrayals that diminish pro-democracy climate activists.
www.earthisland.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm excited to share an article I wrote for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social! I draw upon my new book & the concept of "apocalyptic authoritarianism" to make a case for how the media can better navigate Trump 2.0 by learning from mistakes made the first time around www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
It's a real honor to be featured in the latest podcast episode by @drilledmedia.bsky.social -- a climate news media platform I greatly admire. You can checkout my interview where I discuss Apocalyptic Authoritarianism here: drilled.media/news/hanna-m...
A Q&A with media scholar Hanna E. Morris on her new book, ‘Apocalyptic Authoritarianism’
In their obsession with the “moderate center” have some journalists become unwitting tools of apocalyptic authoritarianism?
drilled.media
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's a real honor to be featured in the latest podcast episode by @drilledmedia.bsky.social -- a climate news media platform I greatly admire. You can checkout my interview where I discuss Apocalyptic Authoritarianism here: drilled.media/news/hanna-m...