From journal to headline: the accuracy of climate science news in Danish high quality newspapers

Vestergård, Gunver Lystbæk

doi:10.22323/2.10020203

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“…In his analysis of environmentalist headlines, Vestergård (2011) used the following typology of inaccuracies:…”

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Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources

Tymbay

2022

Discourse & Communication

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The research identifies the amount of headline/article discrepancies in the corpora of western (the USA, the UK) and Russian online articles on sensitive political topics. A quarter of the western headlines and nearly half of the Russian headlines distort the publications they introduce. Language means and manipulative strategies employed by different sides vary considerably. Extensive use of expressive language and style variation are seen as leading causes of distortions in the western corpus. The rich imagery used by the authors (metaphors and metonymy in particular) forms emotional implicatures that affect the reader’s perception of the issue. In contrast, information substitution, subjective modality and selective citations are identified as major causes of distortions in the Russian corpus. Contributors to Russian news outlets rely on general rather than language manipulation strategies, including frequent use of logical fallacies and wrong generalizations. These techniques establish false logical sequences and wrong causative implicatures that compromise objective reporting. The underlying motives of the journalists’ creating false emotional and causative implicatures in the headlines lies beyond the scope of the study; however, it is assumed that intentional change of the information introduced by the headline could be viewed as a covert misinformation attempt.

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“…In his analysis of environmentalist headlines, Vestergård (2011) used the following typology of inaccuracies:…”

Section: Earlier Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources

Tymbay

2022

Discourse & Communication

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“…The literature on media reporting on climate change frequently refers to the representation of conflicts within the scientific community (McKnight, 2010;Painter and Ashe, 2012;Painter and Gavin, 2016) despite the almost unanimous consensus about the severe consequences of climate change and its anthropogenic causes (Boykoff, 2013;Capstick and Pidgeon, 2014;Freudenburg and Muselli, 2010;Hobson and Niemeyer, 2013;Rahmstorf, 2012). Several studies focused on how the media frame climate change (Boykoff, 2013;Ivanova et al, 2013;Malhotra, 2015) and identify a tendency to distort scientific results (Tosse, 2013;Vestergard, 2011) and provide misleading information (Ahchong and Dodds, 2012;Jennings and Hulme, 2010). Framing is used to describe the way a message is constructed and organised to make certain aspects salient (Gamson and Modigliani, 1989).…”

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Representation of climate change consequences in British newspapers

Ruiu

2021

European Journal of Communication

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This article explores British newspaper descriptions of the impact of climate change across three time periods. It shows a reduction in representing the consequences of climate change as ‘out of human control’. It also shows a decrease in adopting alarming and uncertain descriptions within the centre-left group, whereas mocking the effects of climate change is a peculiarity of right-leaning narratives. The complexity of climate narratives produces a variety of representations of the consequences of climate change, which in turn might increase ‘uncertainty’ in public understanding of climate change.

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“…At the same time, there is an increasing pressure on scientists to provide newsworthy, controversial or surprising stories (Brown, 2012), and on journalists to provide more scientific stories in less time (Brumfiel, 2009). As a result, inaccuracies in science reporting -albeit moderate and unintentional -can be 10 frequently found even in renowned media outlets (Vestergård, 2011;Singer, 1990). Similarly, scientists are not immune from drawing misleading or premature conclusions in order to increase the perceived relevance of their findings (Chiu et al, 2017).…”

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HESS Opinions: Science in today's media landscape – challenges and lessons from hydrologists and journalists

Lutz¹,

Popp²,

Emmerik³

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Abstract. Media such as television, newspapers and social media play a key role in the communication between scientists and the general public. Communicating your science via the media can be positive and rewarding by providing the inherent joy of sharing your knowledge with a broader audience, promoting science as a fundamental part of culture and society, impacting decision and policy makers, and giving you a greater recognition by institutions, colleagues and funders.However, the interaction between scientists and journalists is not always straightforward. For instance, scientists may not 30 always be able to translate their work into a compelling story, and journalists may sometimes misinterpret scientific output.In this paper, we present insights from hydrologists and journalists discussing the advantages and benefits as well as the potential pitfalls and aftermath of science-media interaction. As we perceive interacting with the media as a rewarding and essential part of our work, we aim to encourage scientists to participate in the diverse and evolving media landscape. With this paper, we call on the scientific community to support scientists who actively contribute to a fruitful science-media 35 relationship.Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi

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From journal to headline: the accuracy of climate science news in Danish high quality newspapers

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources

Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources

Representation of climate change consequences in British newspapers

HESS Opinions: Science in today's media landscape – challenges and lessons from hydrologists and journalists

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