Washington State University, USA.
Rice University, USA.
Public Underst Sci. 2021 Oct;30(7):881-897. doi: 10.1177/0963662521990846. Epub 2021 Feb 10.
China and the United States are the world's top two greenhouse gas emitters. However, little is known as to the amount of attention the media in both countries have paid to the issue of climate change, and the ways in which their media framed the issue. To address both queries, this study analyzed the climate change coverage ( = 9,001) of the Chinese and US media, using a computational approach. Results revealed overall increases of attention to climate change in both countries' media from 2016 through 2019, whereas the Chinese witnessed a more evident increase after 2018. Moreover, the media in both countries tended to foster a sense of responsibilities rather than confining the issue to an episodic level. Furthermore, the US media highlighted political conflict and the catastrophic consequences of climate change, whereas the Chinese media highlighted public accountability and governance, as well as economic development and competitiveness.
中国和美国是世界上最大的两个温室气体排放国。然而，对于两国媒体对气候变化问题的关注程度以及媒体对这一问题的报道方式，人们知之甚少。为了解决这两个问题，本研究使用计算方法分析了中美媒体的气候变化报道（ = 9001）。结果显示，两国媒体对气候变化的关注度总体上都在 2016 年至 2019 年间有所上升，而中国在 2018 年后的上升趋势更为明显。此外，两国媒体都倾向于强调责任感，而不是将问题局限在偶发事件层面。此外，美国媒体强调政治冲突和气候变化的灾难性后果，而中国媒体则强调公共问责制和治理，以及经济发展和竞争力。
