Counterbalancing global media frames with nationally colored narratives: A comparative study of news narratives and news framing in the climate change coverage of five countries

Lück, Julia ; Wessler, Hartmut ; Wozniak, Antal ; Lycarião, Diógenes

DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884916680372
URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/146488491...
Additional URL:	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309397971...
Document Type:	Article
Year of publication:	2018
The title of a journal, publication series:	Journalism : Theory, Practice & Criticism
Volume:	19
Issue number:	12
Page range:	1635-1656
Place of publication:	London [u.a.]
Publishing house:	Sage
ISSN:	1464-8849 , 1741-3001
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department B School of Humanities > Medien I (Wessler)
Subject:	320 Political science
Abstract:	This study disentangles national and transnational influences on international journalism by distinguishing convergent issue framing from nationally specific narrative in news texts. In a comparative quantitative content analysis of the newspaper coverage in five democratic countries (Brazil, Germany, India, South Africa, and United States) during four United Nations climate change conferences from 2010 to 2013, both textual-visual framing and narrative features were studied simultaneously for the first time. The narrative dimension consisted of variables that gauge (1) the degree of narrativity in an article, (2) the type of narrative (i.e. stories of catastrophe, conflict, success etc.), and (3) narrative roles of victims, villains, and heroes. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify both the prevailing issue frame in an article and its dominant narrative. Results show that issue frames converge more strongly across countries while narratives are more closely related to the cultural context and political particularities of each country. Investigating issue frames and narratives concurrently helps to reveal country-specific patterns of narrative coloring even for the same issue frame.

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Lück, Julia ; Wessler, Hartmut

; Wozniak, Antal ; Lycarião, Diógenes (2018) Counterbalancing global media frames with nationally colored narratives: A comparative study of news narratives and news framing in the climate change coverage of five countries. Journalism : Theory, Practice & Criticism London [u.a.] 19 12 1635-1656 [Article]

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