[ecrea] Nordicom book: Media Meets Climate

Media Meets Climate. The Clobal Challenge for Journalism

Eds.: Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius



Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, 2012, 340 p. - ISBN 978-91-86523-51-0,



There is no way of not meeting climate change. It reframes our public 
debates, from shifting global power relations to political participation 
and individual lifestyle choices. It begs questions about our basic 
formulas for economics, science and democracy. It is a key theme in 
thinking about identities and the human condition, making us ask not 
only “who are we,” but also who the “we” in that question is. Climate 
change forces states, societies and people to look critically at the 
political, cultural and material ingredients of our world. For media and 
journalism, climate change brings up new challenges of coverage. But it 
also sheds light on the assumptions and distinctions – about facts, 
representation, and participation – that media and journalism are built 
on. By meeting climate change, globalizing journalism also meets itself.

Media Meets Climate looks at these crucial 21st century questions 
through studying global coverage of the United Nations climate change 
summits. Building on global research from the MediaClimate Network the 
book offers transnational analyses of how climate change is mediated.

Media Meets Climate looks into the broad structures of global climate 
coverage. Who or what dominates global news flows? How is the future 
imagined? It tackles crucial professional issues facing climate 
journalists. What is the role of journalistic advocacy? How is science 
represented? Are social media redefining journalism-source relations? It 
asks questions about the media’s role in global representation and 
misrepresentation of climate change and actors. How is climate change 
visualized? What role is played by gender? How are activists framed in 
the media? How are indigenous people covered?





For more information: 
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=367&me=13





Best regards,



Ulla C.





Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor
Director
NORDICOM
University of Gothenburg
Box 713
SE 405 30 Göteborg
www.nordicom.gu.se





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