Engesser Sven, Brüggemann Michael
University of Zurich, Switzerland
University of Hamburg, Germany.
Public Underst Sci. 2016 Oct;25(7):825-41. doi: 10.1177/0963662515583621. Epub 2015 May 12.
This article is based on the premise that journalists play an important role as mediators of scientific information and their interpretations of climate change influence media debates and public opinion. The study maps the minds of climate journalists from five different countries (Germany, India, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and different types of leading media outlets. It identifies five cognitive frames that vary between attributing the responsibility for climate change to lobbying and national interests, blaming consumerist culture and the capitalist system, and expressing technological optimism. The study provides evidence for the emergence of a sustainability frame, indicates a "blame game" between industrialized countries and emerging economies, and shows the demand for a global ecological discourse. Finally, it explores how individual factors such as specialization, professional aims, and political alignment correlate with the cognitive frames of journalists.
记者作为科学信息的传播者发挥着重要作用，他们对气候变化的解读会影响媒体辩论和公众舆论。该研究描绘了来自五个不同国家（德国、印度、瑞士、英国和美国）以及不同类型主流媒体机构的气候记者的想法。它识别出了五种认知框架，这些框架在将气候变化的责任归咎于游说和国家利益、指责消费主义文化和资本主义制度以及表达技术乐观主义之间存在差异。该研究为可持续发展框架的出现提供了证据，表明工业化国家和新兴经济体之间存在“责任推诿游戏”，并显示出对全球生态话语的需求。最后，它探讨了诸如专业化、职业目标和政治立场等个体因素如何与记者的认知框架相关联。
