The news about climate change: a critical analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change

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dc.contributor.authorGarrison, Laena
dc.contributor.supervisorSnively, Gloria
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-17T19:05:07Z
dc.date.available2011-08-17T19:05:07Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-08-17
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research involved an analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change between 2005 and 2010. Drawing on the theory of critical discourse analysis, and the method of content analysis, this research identified the major and minor subject themes, the most and least frequently cited information sources and the dominant ideological stances reflected in The Globe and Mail, The National Post and The Toronto Star reporting on climate change. Political figures were the primary information source, and politics, mitigation and economics were the major themes. Science was also a major theme in The Post, which emphasized scientific uncertainty, an emphasis not present in The Globe or The Star. Critical analysis revealed support for different values and political preferences, indicative of a neoliberal capitalist ideology in The Post, a social democratic ideology in The Star, and a swaying between the two ideological poles in The Globe.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3469
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectnewsen_US
dc.subjectmediaen_US
dc.subjectCanadian newspapersen_US
dc.subjectcontent analysisen_US
dc.subjectcritical discourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectideologyen_US
dc.subjectpoweren_US
dc.subjectideological stancesen_US
dc.subjectsubject themesen_US
dc.subjectinformation sourcesen_US
dc.titleThe news about climate change: a critical analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate changeen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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