Abstract
Climate change affects the lives and livelihood of people. Unless and until people understand the climate science, they will not be able to cope with the extreme events that are likely to occur. The media plays a major role in disseminating scientific information on climate change, and the general public becomes aware of it through the media. This research is an analysis of a six years of coverage of climate change issues in two Indian national television news channels, Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasting Network(CNN-IBN) and New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV24X7). The results of the analysis reveal that policy makers and NGOs were strongly associated with the ‘judgment’ frame; while the news bureaus and scientists were strongly associated with the ‘problem’ frame. TV channels could adopt the model of NDTV24X7 in collaborating with an institution working on climate change to offer quality coverage. Key words: Climate change, global warming, news framing, television, news channels.
Highlights
Anthropogenic activities such as industrial emissions play a key role in putting major amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The society needs to understand and recognize climate change as a serious problem, and it needs to prepare for that.The media plays a major role in setting the public agenda as it is the main source of information and in creating awareness to the people
Especially in issues related to climate change, improving the understanding of risks, responsibilities, and in the functioning of democratic politics leading to action at the policy level (Carvalho, 2010; Carvalho and Burgess, 2005)
Summary
Anthropogenic activities such as industrial emissions play a key role in putting major amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The society needs to understand and recognize climate change as a serious problem, and it needs to prepare for that.The media plays a major role in setting the public agenda as it is the main source of information and in creating awareness to the people. It constructs meaning, especially in issues related to climate change, improving the understanding of risks, responsibilities, and in the functioning of democratic politics leading to action at the policy level (Carvalho, 2010; Carvalho and Burgess, 2005). The calculated measurement fell under the four categories: „Problem‟ frame, „diagnose causes‟ frame, „moral judgment‟ frame, and „remedies‟ frame
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