Ruiu, Maria (2021) Persistence of Scepticism in Media Reporting on Climate Change: The Case of British Newspapers. Environmental Communication, 15 (1). pp. 12-26. ISSN 1752-4032
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Abstract
This paper explores the persistence of scepticism in British newspapers’ narratives around climate change. It is based on 958 news articles collected over three decades (1988–2016) from nine newspapers. The analysis of “general consensus” around climate change and the consensus around both its causes and consequences, shows that scepticism is still present in newspapers’ narratives especially in relation to centre-right political orientations. The increasing consensus around both the causes and consequences does not necessarily mean that scepticism has disappeared, but it raises further questions around the modalities through which consequences, and actions to limit their impact, are represented.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Balance norm, climate change, climate polarization, climate scepticism, media reporting |
| Subjects: | L300 Sociology L900 Others in Social studies P300 Media studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2020 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2021 10:49 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43551 |
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