Abstract
Through a content analysis, this research aimed to discover how frequently the linguistic frames of scientific uncertainty, skepticism, risk, and opportunity were used in 224 Australian online news...
Highlights
Valued at $56 billion AU to the year 2050 as an Australian “economic, social and iconic asset” (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in 2016 experienced its most damaging mass coral-bleaching event on record (AIMS, 2016)
Its frequency of dominance was even higher in the coral-bleaching reports (24%) than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports (13%), which indicates that skepticism of climate change remains strong and active in Australia
To improve prospects for the reef, it is recommended that all newspapers but especially the ABC, which is freely available nationwide, use the explicit-risk frame instead of the other frames to more frequently report on how the GBR is being affected by climate change
Summary
Valued at $56 billion AU to the year 2050 as an Australian “economic, social and iconic asset” (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in 2016 experienced its most damaging mass coral-bleaching event on record (AIMS, 2016). The northernmost section of the reef experienced mass bleaching for the first time (NOAA Coral Reef Watch, 2017) and “an average of 29% of shallowwater coral” died 97% of climate science experts overwhelmingly agree that humans are causing it, which means that humans hold responsibility for the 2016 bleaching (Cook et al, 2016). The reef faces many threats such as crown-of-thorns starfish and agricultural runoff, scientists consider global warming or climate change due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be the greatest (Commonwealth of Australia, 2015). The reef and all reefs globally are at risk from climate change
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