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Media and Global Climate Knowledge

Journalism and the IPCC

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Editors:
  1. Risto Kunelius

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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  2. Elisabeth Eide

    1. Journalism and Media Studies, Olso & Åkerhus University College, Oslo, Norway

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  3. Matthew Tegelberg

    1. York University, Toronto, Canada

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  4. Dmitry Yagodin

    1. School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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  • Provides a compelling case study of the media coverage of a milestone in the policy and science of climate change, the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) report
  • Analyzes not only newspaper coverage, but also policy networks, visuals, journalist surveys, and audience reactions
  • Extends its geographic and cultural approach to cover more than 22 countries and several angles of analysis

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Problem: Climate Change, Politics and the Media

    • Risto Kunelius, Elisabeth Eide
    Pages 1-32

  3. Scientists, Communication and the Space of Global Media Attention

    • Elisabeth Eide
    Pages 33-57

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

    • Risto Kunelius, Dmitry Yagodin
    Pages 59-80

  5. Mediated Civic Epistemologies? Journalism, Domestication and the IPCC AR5

    • Risto Kunelius, Dmitry Yagodin
    Pages 81-108

  6. Disaster, Risk or Opportunity? A Ten-Country Comparison of Themes in Coverage of the IPCC AR5

    • James Painter
    Pages 109-128

  7. Journalism, Climate Change, Justice and Solidarity: Editorializing the IPCC AR5

    • Anna Roosvall
    Pages 129-150

  8. Emerging Economies and BRICS Climate Policy: The Justifying Role of Media

    • Dmitry Yagodin, Débora Medeiros, Li Ji, Ibrahim Saleh
    Pages 151-170

  9. Who Captures the Voice of the Climate? Policy Networks and the Political Role of Media in Australia, France and Japan

    • Shinichiro Asayama, Johan Lidberg, Armèle Cloteau, Jean-Baptiste Comby, Philip Chubb
    Pages 171-192

  10. Following the Tweets: What Happened to the IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report on Twitter?

    • Dmitry Yagodin, Matthew Tegelberg, Débora Medeiros, Adrienne Russell
    Pages 193-211

  11. Climate Change and Development Journalism in the Global South

    • Goretti Nassanga, Elisabeth Eide, Oliver Hahn, Mofizur Rhaman, Billy Sarwono
    Pages 213-233

  12. Good Practices in Climate Science Journalism

    • Elisabeth Eide, Oliver Hahn
    Pages 235-256

  13. Key Journalists and the IPCC AR5: Toward Reflexive Professionalism?

    • Risto Kunelius, Hillel Nossek, Elisabeth Eide
    Pages 257-280

  14. Conclusion: From Assessments to Solutions

    • Elisabeth Eide, Risto Kunelius, Matthew Tegelberg, Dmitry Yagodin
    Pages 281-291

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 293-309
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About this book

This book is a broad and detailed case study of how journalists in more than 20 countries worldwide covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) reports on the state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. Journalism, it demonstrates, is a key element in the transnational communication infrastructure of climate politics. It examines variations of coverage in different countries and locations all over the world. It looks at how IPCC scientists review the role of media, reflects on how media relate to decision-making structures and cultures, analyzes how key journalists reflect on the challenges of covering climate change, and shows how the message of IPCC was distributed in the global networks of social media.

Reviews

“This book offers rich insights into how to connect the latest climate change science with societal responses around the world. It serves as eye-opening reading for anyone interested in the do's and don'ts of science communication. “ (Karen O’Brien, Professor of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway and co-author for “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) WG II”)

“This book pulls together a fascinating set of insights from which the IPCC, journalistic practice and, indeed, democracy itself can learn.” (Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate and Culture, Department of Geography, King’s College London)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

    Risto Kunelius

  • Journalism and Media Studies, Olso & Åkerhus University College, Oslo, Norway

    Elisabeth Eide

  • York University, Toronto, Canada

    Matthew Tegelberg

  • School of Communication, Media and Theatre, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

    Dmitry Yagodin

About the editors

Risto Kunelius is Professor of Journalism at University of Tampere, Finland.


Elisabeth Eide is Professor of Journalism at University College of Oslo and Akershus, Norway.


Matthew Tegelberg is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada.


Dmitry Yagodin is Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland.

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