Climate Crisis and Media: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract
The current study is based on a meta-analysis of 31 research articles to evaluate the global media’s part in the portrayal of climate change, disseminating the opinions of ecologists and environmentalists and enhancing the active role of citizens to cushion climate change’s impact on the universe. A quantitative study explains the geographic Centre, research techniques, theories, authorship, media genera, and specific years of relevant printed articles. A qualitative study examined the highly prominent studied themes. The research outcomes propose that a good number of researches covered European countries, while Asian countries and Asian media have been less studied. The researcher also documented an apparent dearth of comparative analysis, limited studies of illustrations (photographs, caricatures), likewise a deficiency of studies on virtual media. The researcher observed that most research articles examined the content published in print media. Additionally; the meta-study displays that in some countries, the climate risk tends to be negatively framed as “exaggerated theoretical discussion”. Suggestions; for these outcomes are discussed.
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