Mass media influences on climate science, policy and the public
Interactions between climate science, policy, media and the public are complex, non-linear and dynamic: climate change science and policy have shaped media reporting and public understanding; meanwhile, journalism and public concern have also shaped ongoing climate science and policy decisions.
This project has examined how mass-media coverage influences international climate change science and policy cooperation and conflict. Through interdisciplinary and mixed-method approaches, this work undertakes comparative analyses of discourse and framing of climate change between the United States and the United Kingdom. It investigates the interface of climate science, policy, and mass media, and explores how these relations affect public understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change. Ultimately, this project seeks to clarify contentions and conflicts as well as improve connections between media, science, policy and civil society.
Selected Publications
- Boykoff, M. (forthcoming) "Lost In Translation? United States Television News Media Coverage of Anthropogenic Climate Change, 1995-2004"
- Boykoff, M. (2005) "The Disconnect of News Reporting from Scientific Evidence"; for Nieman Reports, from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University vol. 59(4), Winter 2005, pp. 86-87.
- Boykoff, M. and Boykoff, J. (2004) "Bias as Balance: Global Warming and the U.S. Prestige Press" Global Environmental Change (14)2, pp. 125-136.
- Boykoff, J. and Boykoff, M. (December 2004) "Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias: Creating Controversy Where Science Finds Consensus"; Extra! – The Magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) vol. 17(8), pp. 22-25.