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dc.contributor.authorTavares, Alexandre O.
dc.contributor.authorAreia, Neide P.
dc.contributor.authorMellett, Sinead
dc.contributor.authorJames, Julia
dc.contributor.authorIntrigliolo, Diego S.
dc.contributor.authorCouldrick, Laurence B.
dc.contributor.authorBerthoumieu, Jean-François
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T09:18:18Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T09:18:18Z
dc.date.copyright2020
dc.date.issued2020-10-09
dc.identifier.citationTavares, A.O., Areia, N.P., Mellett, S., James, J., Intrigliolo, D.S., Couldrick, L.B., Berthomiue, J-F. (2020). The European media portrayal of climate change: implications for the social mobilization towards climate action. Sustainability. 12(20): 8300. doi.org/10.3390/su12208300en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/3463
dc.description.abstractBeyond other social actors, such as policymakers and scholars, common citizens are also expected to actively engage with climate change, by adopting sustainable actions and supporting environmental policies. However, and despite the actual growing of environment-related social movements, a kind of inertia still prevails in the social climate of our society. The media should play a key role in promoting, among common individuals, the adoption of new and more sustainable practices. However, it is argued that the media seems to be failing to effectively address the climate crisis. As such, this study aims to identify the main weaknesses of climate change media communication to further discuss possible opportunities of communication improvements. For that, 1609 news articles published between 2017 and 2018 in five European countries were analyzed in-depth, through quantitative content analysis. The news’ general characteristics, specifically reported themes, and the specificities of actors’ discourses were taken into account for the analysis. It was verified that the European media tends to report climate change by using distant (e.g., future-focused) and outcome (e.g., threatening messages) framings, based on non-resilient, scientific, and political narratives, whilst overlooking the role of civil society on adapting to climate change. These results demonstrate that instead of promoting society’s climate action, the media may be contributing to a widespread social apathy about the climate and the disengagement of individuals regarding environment-related matters. Evidence-based forms of improving the media’s communication on climate change will be further discusseden_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSustainabilityen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/*
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectSocial inertiaen_US
dc.subjectClimate actionen_US
dc.titleThe European media portrayal of climate change: implications for the social mobilization towards climate actionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorThis study is part of the project “Risk-AquaSoil - Atlantic Risk Management Plan in water and soil”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme, reference EAPA_272/2016.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi.org/10.3390/su12208300
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-981X
dc.rights.accessOpen Accessen_US
dc.subject.departmentBioscience Research Institute AITen_US


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