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Abstract(s)
Researching media coverage of climate change may shed light on the
different configurations of global and domestic factors affecting
journalism and politics. This article analyzes climate change coverage
in Portugal from 2007 to 2014 in comparison with 14 other countries.
It shows that the Portuguese press tends to reproduce the global
political agenda on climate change, mainly focusing on international
events associated with global political decision-making processes,
instead of providing a domesticated coverage, as observed in other
countries. National and local levels of action are thus obscured. The
interplay between global and domestic factors—including characteristics
of Portugal’s press and politics, such as national political leaders’
lack of mobilization and communication on climate change, media’s
deference to powerful sources, and reliance on international news
feeds—creates the conditions for global politics to play an hegemonic
role in media representations, which is likely to influence public
engagement with climate change.
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Keywords
Climate change Media coverage Global news Cross-national comparison
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Ana Horta, Anabela Carvalho & Luísa Schmidt (2017). The Hegemony of Global Politics: News Coverage of Climate Change in a Small Country. Society & Natural Resources, 30(10), 1246-1260 (Published online: 22 Mar 2017) DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2017.1295497
Publisher
Taylor & Francis