Date of Award
6-1-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Mass Communications
First Advisor
Christof Demont Heinrich, Ph.D.
Keywords
Climate gate, Framing, Framing analysis of climate change and global warming, Journalism and climate change, Journalism and Climate-gate, Journalism and global warming
Abstract
Mere days before the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the main server of the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia was illegally hacked and over 3,000 documents were downloaded and released onto climate change blogs with excerpts of emails exchanged between climate change scientists that discussed manipulation of data, faulty observation techniques, and their frustration over their inability to provide solid proof that global warming was occurring. The release of these emails set off a firestorm of debate and the incident was quickly coined ―Climate-gate.
This study examines the ensuing media coverage by CNN and Fox News and seeks to understand the narrative of the event that was provided to the American public. An analysis of the coverage of Climate-gate by two major American news media organizations offers new and interesting insight into the nature of the partisan-based divide that characterizes public opinion regarding the issues of global warming and climate change in the United States.
Recommended Citation
Hill, Jennifer Renee, "Media, Politics and the Portrayal of "Climate-gate" by CNN and Fox News" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 287.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/287
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Rights holder
Jennifer Renee Hill
File size
120 p.
Copyright date
2011
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Journalism, Mass communication
Included in
Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons