ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific

This article has two complementary aspects, empirical and theoretical. Empirically, it examines the reportage of the two most prolific Australian journalists on the threat posed by climate change to low-lying Pacific island states, reporting over the two-year period leading up to and following the h...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ec477bb967f54169ba9ad7d2f4a9abfb2021-12-02T13:03:22ZENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific10.24135/pjr.v21i1.1491023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ec477bb967f54169ba9ad7d2f4a9abfb2015-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/149https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035This article has two complementary aspects, empirical and theoretical. Empirically, it examines the reportage of the two most prolific Australian journalists on the threat posed by climate change to low-lying Pacific island states, reporting over the two-year period leading up to and following the high-profile COP15 summit in Copenhagen in 2009. It was at that summit that the concerns of the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) were given extensive media coverage and managed to dominate the agenda for several days, to the consternation of some other summit participants. COP15 affords a good case study because the media coverage of this issue was variegated and heavily contested, contrary to earlier scholarly claims about an allegedly mono-dimensional quality to the journalism about climate change in the Pacific Ocean (Nash & Bacon, 2013).Chris NashAsia Pacific Networkarticlebalanceclimate changeenvironmental journalismfairnessfield analysisglobal warmingCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2015)
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Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
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environmental journalism
fairness
field analysis
global warming
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Chris Nash
ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
description This article has two complementary aspects, empirical and theoretical. Empirically, it examines the reportage of the two most prolific Australian journalists on the threat posed by climate change to low-lying Pacific island states, reporting over the two-year period leading up to and following the high-profile COP15 summit in Copenhagen in 2009. It was at that summit that the concerns of the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) were given extensive media coverage and managed to dominate the agenda for several days, to the consternation of some other summit participants. COP15 affords a good case study because the media coverage of this issue was variegated and heavily contested, contrary to earlier scholarly claims about an allegedly mono-dimensional quality to the journalism about climate change in the Pacific Ocean (Nash & Bacon, 2013).
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title ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
title_short ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
title_full ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
title_fullStr ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
title_full_unstemmed ENVIRONMENT: Atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? Australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the Pacific
title_sort environment: atolls in the ocean—canaries in the mine? australian journalism contesting climate change impacts in the pacific
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