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ISSN 2386-7876 – © 2018 Communication & Society, 31(3), 331-346 331 Abstract Keywords Climate change, scientific and social consensus, political communication, editorial values. 1. Introduction Elena Blanco-Castilla [email protected] Associate professor. Departamento de Periodismo. Universidad de Málaga, Spain. Laura Teruel Rodríguez [email protected] Professor. Departamento de Periodismo. Universidad de Málaga, Spain. Víctor Martín Molina [email protected] PhD in Journalism. Universidad de Málaga, Spain. Submitted September 28, 2017 Approved April 24, 2018 © 2018 Communication & Society ISSN 0214-0039 E ISSN 2386-7876 doi: 10.15581/003.31.3.331-346 www.communication-society.com 2018 – Vol. 31(3) pp. 331-346 How to cite this article: Blanco-Castilla, E.; Teruel Rodríguez, L. & Martín Molina, V. (2018). Searching for climate change consensus in broadsheet newspapers. Editorial policy and public opinion. Communication & Society 31(3), 331-346. This research was developed as part of a larger collaborative research project - belonging to the National Plan of the Spanish Government: “Communication and climate change. The media’s strategies to transmit the scientific consensus to the public” (reference code: CSO2010-19725) and has been supported by the Departament of Journalism of the University of Málaga.
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Keywords Climate change, scientific and social consensus, political communication, editorial values.
1. Introduction
Elena Blanco-Castilla [email protected] Associate professor. Departamento de Periodismo. Universidad de Málaga, Spain. Laura Teruel Rodríguez [email protected] Professor. Departamento de Periodismo. Universidad de Málaga, Spain. Víctor Martín Molina [email protected] PhD in Journalism. Universidad de Málaga, Spain.
Submitted September 28, 2017 Approved April 24, 2018 © 2018 Communication & Society ISSN 0214-0039 E ISSN 2386-7876 doi: 10.15581/003.31.3.331-346 www.communication-society.com 2018 – Vol. 31(3) pp. 331-346 How to cite this article: Blanco-Castilla, E.; Teruel Rodríguez, L. & Martín Molina, V. (2018). Searching for climate change consensus in broadsheet newspapers. Editorial policy and public opinion. Communication & Society 31(3), 331-346. This research was developed as part of a larger collaborative research project -belonging to the National Plan of the Spanish Government: “Communication and climate change. The media’s strategies to transmit the scientific consensus to the public” (reference code: CSO2010-19725) and has been supported by the Departament of Journalism of the University of Málaga.
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2. Theoretical framework
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2.1. Editorial Influence
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3. Research strategy: framing and quantitative analysis
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4. Results
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Table 1. Acceptance of Climate Change
Table 2. Climate Change focus on the editorial discourse
Newspapers Total Editorials Negation Neutrality Acceptance
El País 73 8 12 53
Frankfurter Allgemeine 74 6 68
Le Monde 39 39
New York Times 170 5 165
The Guardian 179 179
Global Data 535 19 12 504
Newspapers Total Editorials Collateral issue (%) Main focus (%)
El País 73 15 (20.5) 58 (79.5)
Frankfurter Allgemeine 74 33 (44.5) 41 (55.5)
Le Monde 39 3 (8.0) 36 (92.0)
New York Times 170 75 (44.2) 95 (55.8)
The Guardian 179 37 (20.7) 142 (79.3)
Global Data 535 173 (30.5) 362 (69.5)
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Table 3. Most used frames on the editorial discourse (in %)
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País Monde Guardian Allgemeine Times Values
Criticises the attitude 19.0 25.2 15.63 10.19 11.5 16.3
of governments
Disagreement between 13.6 13.5 15.94 17.2 17.6 15.5
political agents on CC
Showing ecologic 9.0 12.6 11.25 7.64 16.2 11.3
consequences on CC
CC as an argument for 3.0 0.9 23.44 19.11 5.0 11.3
economic policy
Actions of governments 13.60 13.5 9.38 2.55 15.3 10.8
and companies vs. CC
Provide measures to 5.49 8.1 10.63 7.01 13.8 9.0
fight against CC
Showing economic 4.5 23.44 8.92 6.4 8.2
consequences on CC
Analysing a disaster 3.7 3.6 0.94 1.91 0.6 2.15
as a CC consequence
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4.1. The Use of Sources
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Table 4. Type of sources used on editorial discourse
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Table 5. Expert sources quotes and description
4.2 Differences between Mediterranean and Anglo-Saxon media
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5. Discussion
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