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Climate change is “the defining issue of our time” (UN 2020) and there are strong forces at play trying to influence both politicians and publics. Standing in the middle are journalists. Their role is to provide ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’ news stories to the public, serving as ‘independent watchdogs’ (Willig et al., 2015). But this critical task is done in an increasingly complex setting of powerful corporations, NGO’s, interest groups, civil society organizations, lobbyists, political offices, etc. who are producing available numbers, reports and ready-to-use quotes (Williams, 2015; Aagaard & Blach-Ørsten, 2018: Kristensen & Blach-Ørsten, 2020). Resources are not evenly distributed between journalists and these professional sources: More people are employed in communication, PR, lobbyism and public affairs than ever before while the economy of independent news media are challenged. So, are journalists up for the task? And who are they up against? This research project combines field theory (Bourdieu, 1996; Marchetti, 2005; Willig, 2013), elite theory (Culpepper ,2010; Berger 2001) and news source theory (Ericson, Baranek & Chan, 1989; BlachØrsten, 2013; Chadwich et al., 2020) to create a cross-disciplinary framework for mapping the social field(s) producing media coverage of climate change.
AkronymWMCN
StatusIgangværende
Effektiv start/slut dato01/01/202430/06/2027