Media and Global Climate Knowledge - Journalism and the IPCC

von: Risto Kunelius, Elisabeth Eide, Matthew Tegelberg, Dmitry Yagodin

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

ISBN: 9781137523211 , 323 Seiten

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Media and Global Climate Knowledge - Journalism and the IPCC


 

Foreword

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Contents

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Notes on the Contributors

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List of Abbreviations

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Chapter 1: The Problem: Climate Change, Politics and the Media

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Scale: Width, Depth and Time

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Complexity: Knowledge, Civic Epistemology, Institutions, Inequality

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Political Imagination: Planning, Challenging, Deliberating

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Climate Change, Media and Journalism

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Global Geopolitical Reach

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IPCC AR5 and the Dynamics of Global Media Events

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Mainstream Print Bias and the Notion of the “Public”

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The Space of Interpretation: Attention and Access

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Moments in the Communication Process

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Professional Challenges

46

Bibliography

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Chapter 2: Scientists, Communication and the Space of Global Media Attention

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The IPCC: Background and Challenges

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IPCC Authors and Communication Challenges

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Uncertainties as Obstacles?

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Clarity and Its Limits

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The Descriptive-Prescriptive Dilemma

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Summaries for Policymakers: Suitable Communication?

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Controversies

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Climate Pragmatism: Concerning “Things People Love”?

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The Politics of Framing

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Conclusion: Navigating between Constraints

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Notes

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Bibliography

72

Chapter 3: Attention, Access and the Global Space of Interpretation: Media Dynamics of the IPCC AR5 Launch Year

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Attention, Highlights and Voices

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The Physical Science Base (WGI): Evidence Confirmed and Questioned

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Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability (WGII): Social and Other Consequences

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Mitigation of Climate Change (WGIII): Alarm and Hope

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The SYR: Global Concern

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Reviewing the Broad Global Response

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Bibliography

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Chapter 4: Mediated Civic Epistemologies? Journalism, Domestication and the IPCC AR5

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Domestication of International/Global News

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Structural Constraints and Comparisons

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Domestic Attention Politics and Access of Voices

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Attention and Access: Local Dynamics

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High Attention, Medium Domestication

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Medium Attention, High Domestication

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Low Coverage, High Domestication

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Low Attention, Low Domestication

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Mediated Civic Epistemologies: Four Preliminary Ideal Types

118

Bibliography

123

Chapter 5: Disaster, Risk or Opportunity? A Ten-­Country Comparison of Themes in Coverage of the IPCC AR5

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Frames, Discourses, Themes

127

The Relative Absence of Cross-Country Studies

129

Results

134

Themes from Disaster to Opportunity

137

Conclusions

141

Bibliography

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Chapter 6: Journalism, Climate Change, Justice and Solidarity: Editorializing the IPCC AR5

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Theorizing Justice and Solidarity in a Globalizing World

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Justice

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Solidarity

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Methodological Approach and Research Material

153

Exploring Spatial and Temporal Conceptions of Justice

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Exploring Attitudes (Modality) Toward Justice

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Attitudes Toward Justice in the Selected Articles

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“The Climate Threat: A Political Problem”. Aftonbladet, Sweden

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“In Joint Steps on Emissions, China and US Set Aside ‘You First’ Approach on Global Warming”. New York Times, USA

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“Immediate Global Action Needed to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions”. The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan

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“Dire UN Climate Change Report is a Call to Action”. Toronto Star, Canada

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“Climate: Let’s Move from Irresponsibility to Acts!” Le Monde, France

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Conclusions

163

Bibliography

165

Chapter 7: Emerging Economies and BRICS Climate Policy: The Justifying Role of Media

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Non-Western Media Systems

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Socio-Economic Factors

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Key Interpreters of the IPCC Report and Climate Change

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Thematic Analysis of the Media Content

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Biofuel and Responsibilities in Brazil

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Energy Efficiency Through Natural Gas in Russia

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National Strategy and Global Obligations in China

181

Policy Efficiency in South Africa

182

Conclusion

184

Bibliography

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Chapter 8: Who Captures the Voice of the Climate? Policy Networks and the Political Role of Media in Australia, France and Japan

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Climate Change, “Wicked Problem” and the Concept of Networks

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Climate-Energy Politics and Journalistic Cultures

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Australia: Contentious Politics, Vocal Climate Skeptics and Heavy Reliance on Coal

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France: Consensus Science, Market-Based Political Actions and the Established Hegemony of Nuclear

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Japan: Authorized Science, Political Battle on Mitigation Targets and Polarized Nuclear Debate

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Journalistic Cultures in Australia, France and Japan: Liberal, Pluralist or Corporatist Model

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Voice Representation in the IPCC AR5 Coverage

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Dominance of the Voices: Whose Voices were Authorized and Dominant?

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Diversity of the Voices: How Diversified is the Voice Representation?

199

Policy Networks and the Role of Media in the Networks

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Australia: Two Opposing Networks and Media Polarization on Carbon Price

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France: Two Continuum Networks and the Media’s Reproduction of Elite Science Discourses

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Japan: Two-Tiered Networks and the Media’s Polarization of Nuclear Power

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Mediated Division of Climate Debate and the Need for New Broker-Journalism?

205

Bibliography

207

Chapter 9: Following the Tweets: What Happened to the IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report on Twitter?

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SYR as a Communication Actor-Network

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The Prominence of Domestic Politics and Civil Society Actors

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Interpretive Communities in the #IPCC SYR Communication Network

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The Critical Advocacy of NGOs

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Mass Media Domestication

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Multimedia Attributes of the Network

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Conclusion

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Bibliography

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Chapter 10: Climate Change and Development Journalism in the Global South

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Development Journalism

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Why Low Coverage in the “Global South”?

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Domesticating the IPCC AR5

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Climate Justice and Development

244

Conclusions: Faces and Voices

246

Bibliography

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Chapter 11: Good Practices in Climate Science Journalism

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How to Define “Good Practices”?

251

From the Arctic and Further South

254

Among the Ice and Snow

254

Coffee: Crops, Farmers and Consumers

257

Biogas Hope in Uganda

260

Solar Hope in Texas and Micro-Loans in Bangladesh

261

The View from Just Above the Water

262

Addressing Uncertainty and Other Difficult Issues

264

Consumer Responsibility

265

The Science Perspective

266

Conclusions and Perspectives

267

Bibliography

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Chapter 12: Key Journalists and the IPCC AR5: Toward Reflexive Professionalism?

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Professionalism and Its Uses

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Global Climate Journalism?

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Communicating the IPCC AR5: A Mixed Judgment

280

The Logic of Journalism: A Reflexive Self-Criticism

282

Roles and Relationships: Boundaries of the Interpretative Community

284

Professional Exceptionalism and the Climate Beat

288

Conclusion: Resources of Reflexivity

290

Bibliography

292

Chapter 13: Conclusion: From Assessments to Solutions

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Key Findings

298

Lessons for the IPCC

300

Lessons for Journalism

302

Lessons for (Media) Research

304

Bibliography

306

Appendix: Newspaper Articles Codebook for IPCC AR5 Stories

307

Bibliography

311

Index

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