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In other words, ideological polarization can be good or bad, depending on the context. Increased aggression toward those who disagree with you (affective polarization) is the more problematic dimension of polarization. However, some anger may be justified, depending on the situation.<\/p><p>Therefore, a normative framework for identifying harmful forms of polarization needs to be developed, based on shared democratic\u00a0norms, such as human rights. In the context of debates on ecological issues, it seems reasonable\u00a0to add the value of preserving the environment for future generations around the globe \u2014\u00a0the basic\u00a0idea of ecological sustainability.<\/p><p>Drawing on this, we propose <strong>Democratic Transformative Communication<\/strong> as an alternative to polarizing debates about ecology. Transformative Communication helps society deal with the immense ecological challenges of our time by providing guidance and critical reflexivity to the process of change. Democratic Transformative Communication encourages a plurality of voices to participate in open debates on how to fight climate change, species extinction, and the destruction of ecosystems.<\/p><p>We propose that societal conflict is inevitable given the unavoidable deep transformations needed to address global environmental crises. Depolarization should not silence radical ideas but encourage reasoning and listening. It might be time to listen to ideas that are radical in the sense of getting to the roots of ecological problems. Encouraging mutual listening and a civil way to deal with differing opinions should be an important task for everyone involved in steering the debates on ecological issues. Transformative Communication may thus be a challenge for journalism, political actors, professional communicators, and researchers of journalism and communication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cfc3ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2cfc3ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f30fb85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f30fb85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more on:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781003119234-17\/transformative-journalisms-michael-br%C3%BCggemann-jannis-frech-torsten-sch%C3%A4fer\">Transformative journalisms\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijoc.org\/index.php\/ijoc\/article\/view\/20507\">Transformative communication scholarship\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>This text draws on the following conference presentation:<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--has-background, var(--theme-palette-color-8)); color: var(--theme-text-color); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">Br\u00fcggemann, M., v. Eck, C., Breithaupt, F., Gelovani, S., Meyer, H., Muddiman, A., Pr\u00f6schel, L., &amp; Wessler, H. (2023, September 23). <\/span><em style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--has-background, var(--theme-palette-color-8)); color: var(--theme-text-color); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">Normative reflection: Which kind of depolarization of public debates is desirable?<\/em><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--has-background, var(--theme-palette-color-8)); color: var(--theme-text-color); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\"> [Conference paper] 10th ECREA Conference, Ljubljana.<\/span><\/p><p>An opportunity to further discuss how communication scholarship can be more transformative will be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/dgpuk\/\">DGPUK 2025<\/a> conference:<\/p><p>Br\u00fcggemann, M., Kannengie\u00dfer, S., &amp; Weder, F. 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