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Canadian Media Portrayal of Climate Change: An Investigation of Major Canadian Newspaper Outlets' Coverage of Federal Climate Change Action

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dc.contributor.advisorWinfield, Mark S
dc.contributor.authorTanner, Kylaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-12T12:20:02Z
dc.date.available2018-07-12T12:20:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2018-07-12T12:20:02Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how four major Canadian newspaper outlets reported on climate change decisions by the federal government from 2007-2014. The paper analyzes 86 articles using criteria related to slant: language, tone and authorities; and depth of coverage by length of article. The analysis results organize the articles and then the outlets, on a scale from supportive to critical of action taken or not taken on climate change by the federal government. This scale was then juxtaposed with Canadian newspaper readership data to determine what type of coverage most Canadians are reading. It was found that in most major Canadian cities the majority of citizens read Postmedia News, which generated very polar results in terms of this study. Upon further examination of journalists employed it was determined Postmedia is a more supportive outlet on federal climate change action. This may help explain the current public complacency on climate action in Canada.
dc.identifierMESMP01965
dc.identifier.citationMajor Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34755
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subject.keywordsClimate Change
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian and International Environmental Policy
dc.subject.keywordsGovernment
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Mass Media
dc.titleCanadian Media Portrayal of Climate Change: An Investigation of Major Canadian Newspaper Outlets' Coverage of Federal Climate Change Action
dc.typeMajor Paper

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