Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Public Underst Sci. 2011 Sep;20(5):658-73. doi: 10.1177/0963662510361416.
This paper contributes to extant understandings of media representations of climate change by examining the role of the English regional newspaper press in the transformation and dissemination of climate change discourse. Unlike previous accounts, this paper contends that such newspapers shape public understandings of climate change in ways that have yet to be adequately charted. With this in mind, this paper examines the ways in which global climate change is translated into a locally relevant phenomenon. That is, it focuses on its "domestication." Although we acknowledge that there are a number of ways in which this process occurs, specific attention is drawn to stories that highlight the destruction of local landscape features, the transformation of important habitats, and the arrival of "alien" species. The broader significance of such stories is considered in relation to long-standing debates concerning the importance of landscape to notions of national and regional identity.
本文通过考察英文区域报纸在气候变化话语的转变和传播中的作用，为理解媒体对气候变化的描述做出了贡献。与之前的研究不同，本文认为，此类报纸以尚未充分描绘的方式塑造了公众对气候变化的理解。有鉴于此，本文探讨了将全球气候变化转化为与当地相关现象的方式。也就是说，本文关注的是其“本土化”。虽然我们承认这个过程有多种方式，但特别关注的是那些强调破坏当地景观特征、改变重要栖息地以及“外来”物种到来的故事。这类故事的更广泛意义是与关于景观对国家和地区认同观念重要性的长期争论联系在一起的。
