Climate Change Coverage in Indian Print Media: A Discourse Analysis

• Published in: The international journal of climate change. Impacts and responses Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 219 - 232
• Main Author: Mittal, Radhika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Common Ground Research Networks 2012
• Subjects: Accountability; Climate change; Content analysis; Cross cultural studies; Discourse analysis; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Mass media; Media coverage; News; Quantitative analysis; Risk communication; Social progress; India

Climate change has attracted much political and media attention in recent years. While western media coverage of this issue has been well-documented, there is a paucity of media analysis for climate change coverage in developing economies. This paper examines the media discourse generated in India a...