Measuring Social Benefits of Media Coverage
How Coverage of Climate Change Affects Behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9709419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Beattie (0000-0002-1496-683X, Loyola Marymount University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue | 666 |
| Pages | 455-486 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/ueae067 |
| OpenAlex | W4400514570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
It has been well documented that beliefs and actions can be affected by media coverage. In this paper, I study the effect of newspaper coverage of climate change on individual driving behaviour. I construct a measure of the tone of coverage based on comparisons between environmental and sceptical texts. I then use this measure, along with detailed information about driving patterns, to test whether households’ travel decisions are affected by the coverage that they have recently received. I find that coverage of climate change that uses an environmental tone causes households to make environmentally friendly travel decisions, particularly when good substitutes are available. Since driving is a major source of carbon emissions, these results illustrate a potential externality of media coverage
Climate change · Media coverage · Media studies · Social media · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Geology · Media Influence and Politics · Oceanography · Psychology
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Media Influences on Social Outcomes
Persistent media bias
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Media Bias and Influence
Text as Data
The Fox News Effect
The Power of TV
Persuasion
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Bias in Cable News
Facts, alternative facts, and fact checking in times of post-truth politics
The safest time to fly
Climate change and journalistic norms
Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout
Systematic error in behavioural measurement
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |