Connecting Extreme Heat Events to Climate Change: Media Coverage of Heat Waves and Wildfires

被引：38
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作者：
Hopke, Jill E. [1 ]
机构：
[1] DePaul Univ, Coll Commun, Chicago, IL 60604 USA
来源：
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION-A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE | 2020年 / 14卷 / 04期
关键词：
Climate change; extreme weather events; heat waves; wildfires; issue attention; NEWSPAPER COVERAGE; US; JOURNALISTS; WEATHER; FIRE;
D O I：
10.1080/17524032.2019.1687537
中图分类号：
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
This research tests the popular press assumption that media are not discussing climate change in coverage of heat waves and wildfires. Change over time in English-language media coverage is assessed, from 2013 to 2018, including 37 news outlets from five countries, with the addition of Agence France-Presse and Climatewire. Mentions of climate issues increased for both types of extreme weather. Climatewire provided the highest degree of climate change issue attention. Elite, climate-specialist news outlets gave more attention to climate issues in both heat wave and wildfire reporting across the years studied. The 2013-2018 time period saw an uptick in media coverage of heat waves, particularly in Chinese English-language media.
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页码：492 / 508
页数：17
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