Lampard, Pete orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-8602, Graham, Hilary orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-6819 and Jarvis, Stuart William orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-0306 (2024) Did Increased Media Coverage of Climate Change and the COVID19 Pandemic Affect Climate Change Concern and Issue Salience in the UK in 2021? Environmental Communication. ISSN 1752-4040
Abstract
Evidence from high-income countries suggests that greater media coverage of climate change is associated with greater public concern, while societal “shocks” reduce concern. Conducted in 2021, this UK study of adults (n = 6082) investigates climate change concern, its identification as among “the most important issues” and as “the single most important issue” facing the UK. It does so in the context of increased media coverage of climate change associated with the UK’s hosting COP26 and the COVID19 pandemic with its associated restrictions on everyday life. In analyses that took account of sociodemographic factors, neither increased media coverage around COP26 nor the COVID19 pandemic had an effect on climate change concern or its identification as an important issue for the UK. Its identification as the single most important issue was at its lowest at the height of the COVID19 pandemic, with no evidence that increased climate change coverage affected its issue salience.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). |
Keywords: | Climate change communication,Media analysis,Public perceptions,Public opinion,Public understanding |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2024 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2025 00:12 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2326433 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17524032.2024.2326433 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210235 |
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