Computational methods for climate change frame analysis

Techniques, critiques, and cautious ways forward

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ID12929414
AuthorsSimon David Hirsbrunner (0000-0001-5529-4171, University of Tübingen, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue5
Publication date2024-06-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/wcc.902
OpenAlexW4400055904
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited78

Frame analysis is a popular methodological paradigm to investigate how climate change is reported in the media, how it is negotiated by political actors, and perceived by publics. Its scope of application extends across various academic disciplines and transcends traditional boundaries of research such as those between quantitative and qualitative methods. Recent transformations of the media landscape have a strong influence on how frame analysis is conducted and how it is used to investigate climate change communication. Online data mining and computational methods have now become increasingly mainstream to investigate discursive elements in online media. Scholars have highlighted the potential, but also the risks associated with sophisticated computational methods, such as machine learning, increasingly used in the context of frame analysis. This advanced review gathers the scientific literature on computational frame analysis for analyzing climate change communication and discusses ways of dealing with associated risks and caveats by incorporating ideas from Science & Technology Studies (STS) and other stances of critical scholarship. Recommended ways forward include combining methods, practicing theoretical interdisciplinarity, infrastructuring reflexivity in research constellations, and embracing transparency, documentation, and accessibility of methods. This article is categorized under: The Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Sociology/Anthropology of Climate Knowledge Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Communication Climate, History, Society, Culture > Technological Aspects and Ideas

Climate change · Content analysis · Context (archaeology · Data science · Documentation · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Frame analysis · Geography · Mainstream · Political science · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Science communication · Science education · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Computer Science · Engineering · Media Studies and Communication · Ecology

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