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Polarizing news? Representations of threat and efficacy in leading US newspapers’ coverage of climate change

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Feldman, Lauren, Hart, P. Sol, Milosevic, Tijana·2017·Public Understanding of Science
DOI 10.1177/0963662515595348
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Abstract

This study examines non-editorial news coverage in leading US newspapers as a source of ideological differences on climate change. A quantitative content analysis compared how the threat of climate change and efficacy for actions to address it were represented in climate change coverage across The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today between 2006 and 2011. Results show that The Wall Street Journal was least likely to discuss the impacts of and threat posed by climate change and most likely to include negative efficacy information and use conflict and negative economic framing when discussing actions to address climate change. The inclusion of positive efficacy information was similar across newspapers. Also, across all newspapers, climate impacts and actions to address climate change were more likely to be discussed separately than together in the same article. Implications for public engagement and ideological polarization are discussed.

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Authors
Feldman, L., Hart, P. S., & Milosevic, T.
Affiliations
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of Oslo, Norway
Corresponding author
Feldman, Lauren
ORCID
Venue
Public Understanding of Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2015-07-30
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
481-497
ISSN
  • 0963-6625 (ISSN-L)
  • 1361-6609
DOI
10.1177/0963662515595348
OpenAlex
W2280105579
Cited by
172
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7
FWCI
23.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Public Understanding of Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Keywords
media coverage of climate change, ideological polarization, threat representation, climate policy, economic framing, conflict framing, climate change impacts, American newspapers, public engagement with climate change
MeSH terms
Mass Media, Newspapers as Topic, United States, Journalism, Climate Change

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