Open AccessClimate Change: Media Coverage and Perspectives of Climate Change in Kano, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Usman Bello Balarabe,
Yakubu Gambo Hamza
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of energy research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8368
DOI - 10.9734/jenrr/2020/v6i230163
Subject(s) - climate change , nexus (standard) , political economy of climate change , geography , environmental resource management , political science , environmental science , engineering , ecology , biology , embedded system
This study assess the nexus between climate change and media coverage vis a vis the influence of the diversified positions on climate change and how it pave way for the creation of new perspectives and understanding amongst individuals about climate change issue in Kano, Nigeria. The study concludes that there is a very high level of media awareness about climate change issue in Kano; media coverage and representations about climate change has positively impacted and shaped individuals’ understanding about climate change issue. The study also reveal that social media platform remain the predominant source of information about climate change issue in Kano; and the causes of climate change in Kano is deemed to be artificial rather than natural; while change in weather pattern is the noticeable consequences of climate change in Kano. The study concludes that media coverage and representations about climate change shapes the perspectives, understandings and knowledge of individuals about climate change in Kano, Nigeria.