Wissenschaftliche und politische Akteure in der Klimadebatte

Alerters, Critics, and Objectivists: Researchers in Austrian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change

“…In contrast, the US media give the alarming and skeptical types almost equal voices, even if this balance does not representatively illustrate the strong scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change (Boykoff/ Boykoff 2004;Neverla/Schäfer 2012;Rhomberg 2012). Scholars explain the tendency to disproportionally represent "skeptics" in the US with the firm adherence to journalistic norms of objectivity, balance, and pluralism (Boykoff/Boykoff 2004;Neverla/Schäfer 2012;Rhomberg 2012). At the same time, the overrepresentation of skeptics might partly result from the more adversarial political culture of the US, which is characterized by more contentious ways of decision-making and fact-finding and involves an extremely broad spectrum of actors covering all relevant positions and interests on an issue to a similar extent (Jasanoff 2005).…”

“…Similar to Austria, Germany (e.g., Neverla/Schäfer 2012; Schäfer/Schlichting 2014) and Sweden (e.g., Berglez et al 2009) exhibit a low representation of skeptics in media discourse (Boykoff/Boykoff 2007;Post 2009). In contrast, the US media give the alarming and skeptical types almost equal voices, even if this balance does not representatively illustrate the strong scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change (Boykoff/ Boykoff 2004;Neverla/Schäfer 2012;Rhomberg 2012). Scholars explain the tendency to disproportionally represent "skeptics" in the US with the firm adherence to journalistic norms of objectivity, balance, and pluralism (Boykoff/Boykoff 2004;Neverla/Schäfer 2012;Rhomberg 2012).…”

“…On the other hand, researchers adapt to the anticipated media standards by showing alarmism, simplifying findings, and using specific semantics (Schäfer et al 2012). They frequently provide clear utterances on policy solutions in media contexts even if they would hesitate to position themselves that clearly in an academic context (Rhomberg 2012). Although politicization is frequently observed, it is not pervasive.…”

“…In particular, newspapers provide important fora for the multiplication, amplification, and translation of research findings on climate change to policy-makers and broader audiences (Peters 2013). Therefore, the media contribute considerably to the public understanding of complex policy problems, the formation of public opinions on policy issues, and political agenda-setting (Carvalho 2007;Rhomberg 2012). Drawing on these insights, another scholarly strand of literature stresses the strategic use and transformation of researchers' expertise in mass media contexts (Anderson 2009;Boykoff 2007).…”

“…Drawing on these insights, another scholarly strand of literature stresses the strategic use and transformation of researchers' expertise in mass media contexts (Anderson 2009;Boykoff 2007). It demonstrates that newspapers provide arenas for multifaceted climate debates in which not only journalists and policy-makers but also researchers strategically articulate their know-ledge claims on climate change (Carvalho 2007;Rhomberg 2012).…”