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How Journalists and Environmental NGOs Create Common Interpretations of the UN Climate Change Conferences

Bibliographic Data

ID7500575
AuthorsJulia Lück (0000-0001-8120-4520, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, corresponding author), Antal Wozniak (0000-0003-4772-0278, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany), Hartmut Wessler (0000-0003-4216-5471, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany)
Year2015
Volume21
Issue1
Pages25-47
Publication date2015-10-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Press/Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1940-1612 • E-ISSN: 1040-1620
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1940161215612204
OpenAlexW2337341693
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited32

This study examines the interrelations between journalists and communication practitioners from environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Taking the annual United Nations climate change conferences as a case in point, we show that the exceptional circumstances of these events foster a temporary blurring of the professional boundaries between both actor groups that partly results in a joint production of interpretations. Based on seventy-eight semi-standardized interviews with journalists and NGO representatives, we identify four distinct coproduction networks that pair particular types of journalists and NGO communicators. Our analysis shows that (1) the journalistic beat, (2) the type of media journalists work for, (3) journalists’ and NGOs’ perceived target audiences, and also (4) the NGOs’ strategic orientation toward either lobbying or popular mobilization are decisive for the formation of these networks. Our study helps to systematically explain message production in a transnational context and provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between journalism and public relations

Context (archaeology · Coproduction · Geography · Journalism · Mobilization · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Law

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Unique citing works35
Citations per year3,5
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 35

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