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| Title: | Media Framing of Global Warming: The Influence of Objectivity and Media Filters in the Claims of Politicians and Scientists |
| Authors: | Anderson, Ashley |
| Issue Date: | 14-Nov-2008 |
| Abstract: | This thesis examines the relationship between politics and science in news stories of global warming to show that the news media does not necessarily gravitate toward the side of politics over the side of science. This study first examines political sources and frames versus scientific sources and frames in newspaper stories of global warming from 1985 through 1998 to determine which sidepolitics or sciencehas the most influence in the news media. It compares the average use of each type of source during predetermined political and scientific events. It is not until the Kyoto Protocol that political sources outnumber scientific sources. Also, the newspaper frames over time largely lean toward the side of politics. Following this finding, the study investigates how the newspaper coverage of that time portrays the Kyoto Protocol. It finds that coverage is inclined toward topics favoring the Kyoto Protocol, and therefore the scientific consensus. Rather than dominate the news coverage, the side of politics converges with the side of science. In-depth interviews with science journalists provide evidence journalists rely heavily on the principle of objectivity, and, subsequently, scientists in their coverage of scientific issues. Media filters, or the norms within journalism, explain why stories still present minority opinions among scientists. |
| URI to cite or link to this item: | http://hdl.handle.net/1961/4548 |
| Appears in Collections: | Communication, Culture, and Technology (GT-ETD)
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