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Media and the Climate Crisis

Risto Kunelius

Risto Kunelius

Helsinki Institute for Social Science and Humanities, University of HelsinkiFinland
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Anna Roosvall

Anna Roosvall

Department of Media Studies, Stockholm UniversitySweden
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Jul 06, 2021
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Published Online: Jul 06, 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2021-0001
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World newspaper coverage of climate change and global warming, 2004–2020Comments: Number of stories in newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming in 112 sources across 56 countries in seven different regions around the world.Source: Boykoff et al., 2021
World newspaper coverage of climate change and global warming, 2004–2020Comments: Number of stories in newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming in 112 sources across 56 countries in seven different regions around the world.Source: Boykoff et al., 2021

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Frequency of “climate crisis”, “climate change”, “global warming”, and “greenhouse effect”, 1970–2019 (Google Ngram, English literature)Comments: The top graph is a Google Ngram that traces the relative frequency of “climate change”, “global warming”, “greenhouse effect”, and “climate crisis” from 1970 to 2019, showing rise of “climate change” to a dominant position during the run-up to Copenhagen climate summit 2009. The bottom graph is a Google Ngram that details the frequency of “climate crisis” (on a different scale) over the same period, showing first a rise towards 2009, then a decline before virtually exponential growth towards the end. Both graphs also show a similarity with media attention over time (see also Figure 1).Source: see Google, n.d.
Frequency of “climate crisis”, “climate change”, “global warming”, and “greenhouse effect”, 1970–2019 (Google Ngram, English literature)Comments: The top graph is a Google Ngram that traces the relative frequency of “climate change”, “global warming”, “greenhouse effect”, and “climate crisis” from 1970 to 2019, showing rise of “climate change” to a dominant position during the run-up to Copenhagen climate summit 2009. The bottom graph is a Google Ngram that details the frequency of “climate crisis” (on a different scale) over the same period, showing first a rise towards 2009, then a decline before virtually exponential growth towards the end. Both graphs also show a similarity with media attention over time (see also Figure 1).Source: see Google, n.d.

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Attributing extreme weather to climate change (CarbonBrief)Comments: An interactive and updated map published by Carbon Brief in February 2021, pinpointing 405 weather events and linking them to attribution studies. The symbol denoting Queensland fires of 2018 has been clicked open as an example.Source: Carbon Brief, 2021
Attributing extreme weather to climate change (CarbonBrief)Comments: An interactive and updated map published by Carbon Brief in February 2021, pinpointing 405 weather events and linking them to attribution studies. The symbol denoting Queensland fires of 2018 has been clicked open as an example.Source: Carbon Brief, 2021
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