From convergence to contention
United States mass media representations of anthropogenic climate change science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8962745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxwell Boykoff (0000-0002-7474-2387, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Maxwell T Boykoff |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 477-489 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00270.x |
| OpenAlex | W2118271840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 120 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article focuses on connected factors that contribute to United States (US) media reporting on anthropogenic climate change science. It analyses US newspapers and television news from 1995 to 2006 as well as semi‐structured interviews with climate scientists and environmental journalists. Through analyses of power and scale, the paper brings together issues of framing in journalism to questions of certainty/uncertainty in climate science. The paper examines how and why US media have represented conflict and contentions, despite an emergent consensus view regarding anthropogenic climate science
Certainty · Climate change · Climate science · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Geography · Global warming · Journalism · Mass media · News media · Newspaper · Political science · Scientific consensus · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Ecology · Law · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 120 |
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| Citations per year | 6,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 118 |