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

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. A03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Science News ◽  
Preliminary Study

A significant number of mass media news stories on climate change quote scientific publications. However, the journalistic process of popularizing scientific research regarding climate change has been profoundly criticized for being manipulative and inaccurate. This preliminary study used content analysis to examine the accuracy of Danish high quality newspapers in quoting scientific publications from 1997 to 2009. Out of 88 articles, 46 contained inaccuracies though the majority was found to be insignificant and random. The study concludes that Danish broadsheet newspapers are ‘moderately inaccurate’ in quoting science publications but are not deliberately hyping scientific claims. However, the study also shows that 11% contained confusion of source, meaning that statements originating from press material or other news outlets were incorrectly credited to scientific peer-reviewed publications.

scholarly journals Metaphor use in the political communication of major resource projects in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Hamilton Healy ◽  
Paul Williams
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Science News ◽  
National Productivity ◽  
Metaphor Use ◽  
The Impact

This article explores the patterns of political communication surrounding the environmental regulation of major Australian resource projects during the Business Advisory Forum of April 2012. The Forum discussed business and government responses to major project approvals to improve national productivity at a time when these projects also posed significant implications for anthropogenic global warming. The article’s method is to examine print news articles published during this period. While the international literature has long demonstrated how the American fossil fuel lobby has employed metaphor to characterise climate change as a ‘non-problem’—therefore allegedly making regulation of greenhouse gas emissions economically and politically unnecessary—no Australian study of metaphor use in climate science news has been conducted. This article, in finding news stories on so-called ‘green tape’ environmental regulation were saturated with metaphor clusters, argues that journalistic metaphor use has made the complex issue of environmental regulation accessible to mass audiences. But, in so doing, we also argue this metaphor use has supported business and government’s position on environmental deregulation of major projects. Finally, this article also argues that some journalists’ use of metaphors encouraged policy-makers to adopt, and re-use, journalists’ own language and, in so doing, allow those journalists to be seen as complicit in the shaping of softer public attitudes to the impact of major projects on anthropogenic climate change.

Science Communication Meets Consumer Relations: An Analysis of Twitter Use by 23andMe

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-264
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Lee ◽  
Alan Abitbol ◽  
Matthew S. VanDyke
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Direct To Consumer ◽  
Science News ◽  
Genetic Science ◽  
Over Time

For-profit organizations play a considerable role in the dissemination of scientific research and information. In the case of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, this is important because how consumers learn about genetic science can influence health decisions and support for science. Through a content analysis of Twitter posts ( N = 1,000), this study examined how 23andMe balances traditional promotion, communicating product benefits, and sharing scientific research. Results indicated that about half of all posts share science news but sharing science has declined over time. Far fewer posts communicate about the products or their benefits, but these posts garner more retweets and replies.

scholarly journals Constructing an illusion of scientific uncertainty? Framing climate change in German and British print media

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Schmid-Petri ◽  
Dorothee Arlt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Press ◽  
British Press

AbstractThis article uses quantitative content analysis data from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013 to examine the salience and construction of scientific uncertainty about climate change in German and British press coverage using quantitative content analysis data from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. The results show that uncertainty about climate change − against overwhelming consensus among climate scientists − is prominent in the press coverage of both countries. The findings indicate that it is important to distinguish whether scientific uncertainty can be found at the level of single articles, or at the level of the coverage as a whole. The study also reveals that uncertainty is constructed differently in German and British press coverage in terms of the media’s framing of climate science and the types of actors who are involved in the construction of scientific uncertainty.

scholarly journals CONSUMER BOYCOTTS IN INDONESIA NATIONAL PRESS CONTEXT, 1982-MID 2010: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kresno Agus Hendarto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Consumer Boycotts

The objective of this study is to describe how boycotts are released in Indonesia national press. The data were obtained from mass media using saturation sampling. Data obtained is analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that, as in other countries, in Indonesia, boycott has increased in quantity. In the boycott news, the country of origin target is released more than corporate target. Mostly the boycott in Indonesia is sponsored/triggered by groups. In this case, religious groups are the primary cause. In addition there are environmental and worker groups. Although the boycott in Indonesia is mostly intended to express dissatisfaction to particular corporate or country of origin actions, some boycotts are intended to establish social or political control to the boycott target.

scholarly journals The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish daily newspapers: content analysis of press coverage from 2000 to 2010

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. A02 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Lopera ◽  
Carolina Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Uncertain Science ◽  
Selection Of

This paper explores media coverage of climate science through a selection of Spanish newspapers (El País, El Mundo, ABC, Expansión and Levante). We selected a stratified random sample of 363 items to be studied for eleven years (2000-2010). Content analysis allowed us to find out media attention paid to climate science, prevalence of informative tables, evaluation and characterization of news, as well as the presence of questioning or rejection of climate change. According to main results, press coverage of climate science in Spain was mainly focused on the consequences rather than on the causes or natural sources, and media attention paid to it was limited. Overlapping with social and macroeconomic problems in the country also contributed to communication of climate science as a controversial and uncertain science through informative framings.

scholarly journals Teaching Climate Science to Increase Understanding & Receptivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 308-316
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Watts
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Science Instruction ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
High Quality

Only about half of Americans are convinced that human activity is the major cause of climate change. This statistic highlights the increased need for high-quality climate science education but also highlights the fact that lessons on this subject are often complicated as denial argumentation abounds in classrooms. In order to achieve greater efficacy of and receptivity to climate science instruction, I propose the inclusion of lessons on the nature of science and the reframing of lessons in terms of risk management.

scholarly journals A changing climate of skepticism: The factors shaping climate change coverage in the US press

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Schmid-Petri ◽  
Silke Adam ◽  
Ivo Schmucki ◽  
Thomas Häussler
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Print Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Us ◽  
One Year

Skepticism toward climate change has a long tradition in the United States. We focus on mass media as the conveyors of the image of climate change and ask: Is climate change skepticism still a characteristic of US print media coverage? If so, to what degree and in what form? And which factors might pave the way for skeptics entering mass media debates? We conducted a quantitative content analysis of US print media during one year (1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013). Our results show that the debate has changed: fundamental forms of climate change skepticism (such as denial of anthropogenic causes) have been abandoned in the coverage, being replaced by more subtle forms (such as the goal to avoid binding regulations). We find no evidence for the norm of journalistic balance, nor do our data support the idea that it is the conservative press that boosts skepticism.

scholarly journals Understanding the Spectrum of Anxiety Responses to Climate Change: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 990
Author(s):  
Catriona Soutar ◽  
Anne P. F. Wand
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Qualitative Literature

Background: Knowledge about climate change may produce anxiety, but the concept of climate change anxiety is poorly understood. The primary aim of this study was to systematically review the qualitative literature regarding the scope of anxiety responses to climate change. The secondary aim was to investigate the sociodemographic and geographical factors which influence experiences of climate change anxiety. Methods: A systematic review of empirical qualitative studies was undertaken, examining the scope of climate change anxiety by searching five databases. Studies were critically appraised for quality. Content analysis was used to identify themes. Results: Fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The content analysis was organised into two overarching themes. The scope of anxiety included worry about threats to livelihood, worry for future generations, worry about apocalyptic futures, anxiety at the lack of response to climate change, and competing worries. Themes pertaining to responses to climate change anxiety included symptoms of anxiety, feeling helpless and disempowered, and ways of managing climate change anxiety. Relatively few studies were identified, with limited geographical diversity amongst the populations studied. Conclusions: The review furthers understanding of the concept of climate change anxiety and responses to it, highlighting the need for high-quality psychiatric research exploring its clinical significance and potential interventions.

scholarly journals Party Elites or Manufactured Doubt? The Informational Context of Climate Change Polarization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Merkley ◽  
Dominik Stecula
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Motivated Reasoning ◽  
Cable News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Party Elites ◽  
Scant Attention

Americans polarized on climate change despite decreasing uncertainty in climate science. Explanations focused on organized climate skeptics and ideologically driven motivated reasoning are likely insufficient. Instead, Americans may have formed their attitudes by using party elite cues. We conduct analyses on over 8,000 print, broadcast, and cable news stories. We find that coverage became increasingly partisan as climate change rose in salience, but climate skeptics received scant attention. Democratic messages were more voluminous and consistently pro–climate science, while Republican messages have been scarcer and ambiguous until recently. This suggests Republican voters took cues from Democratic elites to reject climate science.

scholarly journals Different actors, different factors? A comparison of the news factor orientation between newspaper journalists and civil-society actors

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Schmid-Petri ◽  
Thomas Häussler ◽  
Silke Adam
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
General Relevance

AbstractNews factors can be conceptualized as general relevance indicators guiding the attention of all humans. However, that doesn’t mean that they are the only factors influencing selection processes or that all news factors have the same importance across different actor types. Within the concept of news factors it is still unclear to what degree those news factors also apply to the communication outside of traditional mass media. We therefore ask whether and how actors with varying degrees of professionalization employ news factors in their communication differently. To answer our research question, we conducted a quantitative content analysis and compared the coverage in traditional newspapers with the communication of civil society actors with varying degrees of professionalization. We analyzed the relevance of news factors within the presentation of a specific issue, namely climate change in Germany. Our results show that news factors are – at least partly – also applied by non-journalist actors. The mass media and the more professionalized civil society actors do not apply news factors more strongly to their communication than do non-professionalized civil society actors. Instead, we find that different actors focus on different news factors.

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