How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review
Research on climate change media coverage is growing. Few studies, however, have investigated how the media portrays climate change impacts on human health. This review, therefore, presents a quantitative spatiotemporal analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change impacts on health betw...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169605 2023-05-15T16:08:36+02:00 How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review King, N Bishop-Williams, KE Beauchamp, S Ford, JD Berrang-Ford, L Cunsolo, A IHACC Research Team Harper, SL 2019-03-30 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169605/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169605/1/Climatic%20Change%20Submission%20Revision%20for%20James.pdf en eng Springer https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169605/1/Climatic%20Change%20Submission%20Revision%20for%20James.pdf King, N, Bishop-Williams, KE, Beauchamp, S et al. (5 more authors) (2019) How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review. Climatic Change, 152. pp. 581-596. ISSN 0165-0009 Article NonPeerReviewed 2019 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:35:33Z Research on climate change media coverage is growing. Few studies, however, have investigated how the media portrays climate change impacts on human health. This review, therefore, presents a quantitative spatiotemporal analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change impacts on health between 2005 and 2015. Using the ProQuest® and Eureka® databases, a multiphase systematic review strategy was employed to identify relevant English and French articles from two national and six regional high-circulation newspapers. Quantitative and qualitative data were extracted from 145 articles and analyzed to characterize the range, extent, and nature of climate-health newspaper coverage in Canada and to compare these characteristics by region and over time. Coverage varied by region, with the highest proportion of climate-health coverage in Northern Territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). Over time, there was a decreasing publication frequency trend. Almost all articles described negative climate change impacts on health, with a predominant focus on infectious and chronic noninfectious diseases; however, less than half of the articles discussed climate change solutions. These trends suggest that current media coverage might not drive widespread public support for policies and actions needed to protect against projected climate-health risks. Consequently, as climate change continues to challenge human health, increasing media emphasis on climate change impacts on human health, as well as a shift toward enabling and empowering climate change communication, in which viable mitigation and adaptation options are emphasized, could help to spur action to reduce climate change health risks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eureka Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Nunavut Yukon Northwest Territories Canada Eureka ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) |
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Research on climate change media coverage is growing. Few studies, however, have investigated how the media portrays climate change impacts on human health. This review, therefore, presents a quantitative spatiotemporal analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change impacts on health between 2005 and 2015. Using the ProQuest® and Eureka® databases, a multiphase systematic review strategy was employed to identify relevant English and French articles from two national and six regional high-circulation newspapers. Quantitative and qualitative data were extracted from 145 articles and analyzed to characterize the range, extent, and nature of climate-health newspaper coverage in Canada and to compare these characteristics by region and over time. Coverage varied by region, with the highest proportion of climate-health coverage in Northern Territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). Over time, there was a decreasing publication frequency trend. Almost all articles described negative climate change impacts on health, with a predominant focus on infectious and chronic noninfectious diseases; however, less than half of the articles discussed climate change solutions. These trends suggest that current media coverage might not drive widespread public support for policies and actions needed to protect against projected climate-health risks. Consequently, as climate change continues to challenge human health, increasing media emphasis on climate change impacts on human health, as well as a shift toward enabling and empowering climate change communication, in which viable mitigation and adaptation options are emphasized, could help to spur action to reduce climate change health risks. |
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