News coverage of climate change and generation Z

IF 4.8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Climatic Change Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1007/s10584-024-03731-4

Alison N. Novak

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Abstract

This study examines 2021 and 2022 news coverage of Generation Z and climate change to understand how this discursive relationship is constructed. This is important to understanding how Generation Z’s climate change activism is perceived by other groups such as other generations, activist groups, and journalists. This study answers the central question: In what ways do news articles construct and represent the relationship between Generation Z, climate change, activism, and intergenerational relationships? The study identifies five common discourses from the most popular news articles on the subject that reflect nuances in reporting and discursive construction of the group and issue: (1) climate change as inherited and chosen by Generation Z, (2) passive and active motivations for activism, (3) activism negatively impacting relationships with older groups, (4) future responsibilities, and (5) overuse of figureheads. The nuances of these news discourses impact opinions of Generation Z and the impact the group have on climate change activism with the potential to impact activist group outreach strategies, policy development, and relationships with the news media.

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有关气候变化和 Z 世代的新闻报道

本研究考察了2021年和2022年有关Z世代和气候变化的新闻报道，以了解这种话语关系是如何构建的。这对于了解其他群体（如其他世代、活动团体和记者）如何看待 Z 世代的气候变化行动主义非常重要。本研究回答了核心问题：新闻报道是如何构建和表现 Z 世代、气候变化、行动主义和代际关系之间的关系的？本研究从最受欢迎的相关新闻报道中发现了五种常见的论述，它们反映了在报道和论述中对该群体和问题的细微差别：（1）气候变化是Z世代继承和选择的，（2）激进主义的被动和主动动机，（3）激进主义对与年长群体的关系产生负面影响，（4）未来的责任，以及（5）对人物的过度使用。这些新闻论述的细微差别影响了人们对 Z 世代的看法，以及该群体对气候变化激进主义的影响，并有可能影响激进主义团体的外联战略、政策制定以及与新闻媒体的关系。

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Climatic Change 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

4.20%

发文量

180

审稿时长

7.5 months

期刊介绍： Climatic Change is dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change - its descriptions, causes, implications and interactions among these. The purpose of the journal is to provide a means of exchange among those working in different disciplines on problems related to climatic variations. This means that authors have an opportunity to communicate the essence of their studies to people in other climate-related disciplines and to interested non-disciplinarians, as well as to report on research in which the originality is in the combinations of (not necessarily original) work from several disciplines. The journal also includes vigorous editorial and book review sections.