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Framing of climate change issues in Indian television news channels

Author(s) -

C. G.,

Carolin Arul,

Arul Aram

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of media and communication studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2141-2545

DOI - 10.5897/jmcs2015.0479

Subject(s) - framing (construction) , climate change , livelihood , political science , news media , geography , public relations , advertising , business , agriculture , ecology , archaeology , law , biology

Climate change affects the lives and livelihood of people. Unless and until people understand the climate science, they will not be able to cope with the extreme events that are likely to occur. The media plays a major role in disseminating scientific information on climate change, and the general public becomes aware of it through the media. This research is an analysis of a six years of coverage of climate change issues in two Indian national television news channels, Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasting Network(CNN-IBN) and New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV24X7). The results of the analysis reveal that policy makers and NGOs were strongly associated with the ‘judgment’ frame; while the news bureaus and scientists were strongly associated with the ‘problem’ frame. TV channels could adopt the model of NDTV24X7 in collaborating with an institution working on climate change to offer quality coverage. Key words: Climate change, global warming, news framing, television, news channels.

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