Ruiu, Maria (2021) Representation of climate change consequences in British newspapers. European Journal of Communication. ISSN 0267-3231 (In Press)
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Climate change, climate change consequences, global warming, media reporting |
Subjects: | L700 Human and Social Geography L900 Others in Social studies |
Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences |
Depositing User: | Elena Carlaw |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 15:57 |
Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2021 16:45 |
URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44800 |
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