Media attention for climate change around the world: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage in 27 countries

By Andreas Schmidt, Anastasiya Ivanova, Mike S. Schäfer. 2013

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Subfields: Communication, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Public opinion and environmental policy output: a cross-national analysis of energy policies in Europe (2017, methodology): “This could be measured through media coverage (Newig 2004, Schmidt et al 2013) or internet search-term intensity (Qin and Peng 2016).”
Framing climate change for effective communication: a systematic map (2020, methodology): “The media provides a key conduit for access to scientific information (Funk et al 2017) and acts as an important source for awareness and knowledge of climate change (Schmidt et al 2013).”
A comparative automated content analysis approach on the review of the sharing economy discourse in tourism and hospitality (2019, background): “In particular, news articles signal the relevance of an issue to the general public and might potentially influence the priority given to it by regulatory authorities (Schmidt et al., 2013; Schweinsberg, Darcy, & Cheng, 2017).”
Growing polarization around climate change on social media (2021, background): “Secondly, COP is the pre-eminent international forum for climate diplomacy, directing considerable public attention towards climate change [25, 26] and fostering debates about climate politics across a range of locations, including social media [13].”
Comparing Events Coverage in Online News and Social Media: The Case of Climate Change (2015, background): “Schmidt et al. (2013) perform a transversal study regarding news media coverage of topics related to climate change across 27 countries over a 15-year time frame.”
Why are policy innovations rare and so often negative? Blame avoidance and problem denial in climate change policy-making (2014, neutral): “That is, climate change is very visible to the public mainly at the margins of climate zones, for example in the arctic with polar melting or in areas affected by increased desertification or in the event of extreme weather events (Schmidt et al., 2013).”
Anxiety, Worry, and Grief in a Time of Environmental and Climate Crisis: A Narrative Review (2021, background): “In many parts of the world, media coverage of climate change has risen (82, 83), and this rise appears to be correlated with an increase in public concern about climate change (84, 85).”