Climate change in Peruvian newspapers: The role of foreign voices in a context of vulnerability
- 20 February 2012
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Public Understanding of Science
- Vol. 22 (4), 427-442
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662511431204
Abstract
Media coverage of climate change has been an area of continued research during the last years, mostly with a focus on developed countries. This study attempts to contribute to this body of work by analyzing the coverage in a developing country. The study presents a content analysis of newspaper coverage of climate change in Peru through the study of frames, geographical focus, and climate change strategies (mitigation/adaptation). Additionally, the role of foreign voices is assessed by comparing the coverage by Peruvian reporters with the coverage by wire services, and by determining the types of sources present in the articles. Results show a prevalence of an effects frame, followed by a politics frame. Also, the study found a significant amount of stories originating from wire services. In general, coverage prioritizes mitigation strategies and policies while providing limited attention to adaptation, which can be insufficient for a highly vulnerable country.This publication has 57 references indexed in Scilit:
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