News Coverage of Climate Change in<i>Nature News</i>and<i>Science</i>NOW during 2007

Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt; Kjærgaard, Rikke Schmidt

doi:10.1080/17524032.2010.520722

Cited by 19 publications

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“…The choice of words in a news article, both what quoted informants say and what journalists choose to write, has great power to shape the understanding of policy conflicts through their invocation of frames (Pan and Kosicki 1993) and can affect public opinion (Gamson and Modigliani 1989). For example, scholars have studied extensively the media's presentation of climate change knowledge and controversy (e.g., Wilkins 1993, Smith 2005, Nielsen and Kjaergaard 2011. Dam removal, like other environmental controversies, can receive significant media attention; thus, the news discourses can affect potential policy outcomes and the way the public understands events.…”

Section: Methods and Study Sitesmentioning

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Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Debates on Dam Removal in the Swedish Media

Jørgensen¹,

Renöfält²

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Dam removal is an increasingly common practice. Dams are removed for various reasons, with safety, economics, and ecosystem restoration being the most common. However, dam removals often cause controversy. Riparian land owners and local communities often have a negative view of removal, and their reasons vary. It may be the loss of recreational benefits such as swimming and boating, loss of cultural and historical context tied to the dam, or fear that removal may have a negative effect on aesthetic values. Because controversies are often picked up by local media, and media in itself is an important channel to build support around a cause, the way in which dam removals are reported and discussed in the media is likely to influence the debate. Here, we examine the ways in which proponents and opponents of dam removal frame the services provided by two contrasting ecosystems, i.e., an existing dam and the potential stream without a dam, by performing a media discourse analysis of the reasons given for removal and the reasons presented for the dam to remain in place. Our source material includes Internetbased newspaper articles and their associated public comments in four dam removal controversies in Sweden. Our analysis indicates that public opposition is not based on knowledge deficiency, where more information will lead to better ecological decision-making, as is sometimes argued in dam removal science; it is instead a case of different understandings and valuation of the environment and the functions it provides.

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Section: Methods and Study Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Debates on Dam Removal in the Swedish Media

Jørgensen¹,

Renöfält²

2013

E&S

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“…co.nz). As of 2011, the APN News & Media-owned New Zealand Herald had the highest readership of 17.6%; this was followed by The Dominion Post (6.8%) and The Press (6.5%), which, while retaining editorial independence, share ownership as well as a copy-sharing agreement under Fairfax Media Limited (Williams 2010;Nielsen & Kjaergaard 2011). It is worth noting that New Zealand newspapers generally have no overt political alignments, with their editorial foci and readerships largely defined by their geographical distribution in the country (Campbell & Cleveland 1973).…”

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confidence: 98%

The framing of climate change in New Zealand newspapers from June 2009 to June 2010

Chetty

Devadas

Fleming

2015

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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We investigated the framing of climate change science in New Zealand newspapers using quantitative content analysis of articles published in The New Zealand Herald, The Press and The Dominion Post between June 2009 and June 2010. The study sample of 540 articles was collected through the electronic news database Factiva, using the search terms 'climate change' or 'global warming'. Frames were analysed deductively according to an experimental frame typology. Sources were also coded and basic descriptive data recorded. Content analysis showed the Politics (26%), Social Progress (21%) and Economic Competitiveness (16%) frames were the most prominent in coverage. Political actors (33%) and Academics (20%) appeared most commonly as sources, while Sceptics represented just 3% of total sources identified. The results suggest that New Zealand newspapers have presented climate change in accordance with the scientific consensus position since 2009, focusing on discussion of political, social and economic responses and challenges.

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“…¿Cuáles son los principales recursos multimedia empleados en la información sobre ciencia aparecida en los medios de los países hispanoparlantes analizados? Dado que los medios nativos de la web se definen por emplear múltiples recursos tanto audiovisuales como verbales (Myers, 2010), se busca determinar el grado de aprovechamiento del aspecto multimedia de la red por parte de los medios nacidos en el papel. P2.…”

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Información científica en Argentina, España y México: fuentes, recursos multimedia y participación de los lectores en los diarios online

Segado‐Boj

Domínguez

Campo

2018

Estud. Mensaje Period.

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Resumen. Este artículo analiza los factores y rasgos comunes presentes en una muestra (n=700) de textos periodísticos sobre ciencia aparecidos en las ediciones online de tres diarios hispanoparlantes de referencia (La Nación de Argentina, El País de España y El Universal de México) en 2010, 2012 y 2014. Mediante un análisis de contenido cuantitativo se miden los principales rasgos comunes en cuanto a temas abordados, fuentes consultadas, recursos multimedia y figuras retóricas utilizadas. Del mismo modo, se calcula la influencia que estos factores ejercen en el número de comentarios y en su viralidad en Twitter. Los resultados apuntan a una tendencia a la personalización de la información científica, donde la autoridad de los circuitos tradicionales-revistas e instituciones-es desplazada por la presencia de los científicos como fuentes personales directas. Por otro lado, se comprueba que la atención temática se ha desplazado desde salud hacia las ciencias naturales.

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News Coverage of Climate Change inNature NewsandScienceNOW during 2007

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Debates on Dam Removal in the Swedish Media

Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Debates on Dam Removal in the Swedish Media

The framing of climate change in New Zealand newspapers from June 2009 to June 2010

Información científica en Argentina, España y México: fuentes, recursos multimedia y participación de los lectores en los diarios online

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