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Characteristics of the mass media's coverage of nuclear energy and its risk: A literature review
Author(s) -
Kristiansen Silje
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12490
Subject(s) - media coverage , mass media , perspective (graphical) , energy (signal processing) , empirical research , focus (optics) , sociology , political science , public relations , positive economics , epistemology , economics , law , media studies , computer science , philosophy , statistics , physics , mathematics , optics , artificial intelligence
Media coverage of nuclear energy is a crucial source of information about the risk of nuclear energy for the general public. As a result, scholars of communication science are very interested in the media's coverage of the nuclear energy risk. This literature review provides an overview of the state of research in this field. This article will describe the findings of empirical research and focus on how much attention the nuclear energy issue receives from the media, the tone in which it is communicated, how it is framed, and how the media depict the risk of this technology. It also argues that empirical risk‐coverage studies would be more informative if they took a broader perspective on risk. Finally, it will discuss areas for future research.