Topic > Media Coverage of Climate Change - 1742

The mass media plays a huge role in influencing the public. In the era of globalization, many technologies such as the Internet, television, newspapers, magazines, radio, etc., make news available and accessible to everyone around the world. The media can easily disseminate to the public any information regarding any topic such as political opinions, health issues, entertainment, education, human tragedies... and such information has an impact on our daily life decisions and opinions and raises our awareness on a wider plan. subject. The media is in most cases the only way people can get information about topics they can't fully understand, such as science. Since “science is a codified form of knowledge that requires translation to be understood” (Ungar 2000), many studies have shown that the media play a crucial role in raising people's awareness of understanding the scientific world and environmental issues, particularly those environmental. climate change and global warming. Climate change has become a major issue today and people need to understand how serious it is to take action to prevent it from getting worse; and the only way information can reach the public is through the mass media. Today, global warming causes many concerns and media coverage is increasing, but many scientists complain about the limited coverage of the topic because it seems to be insufficient compared to the gravity of the situation. Due to the lack of information, many people are still very skeptical and some are simply very confused about global warming and how it affects our atmosphere. Studies have found that most people learn a lot about science through consumption of mass media news (Wilson 1995 ), and many surveys have......half of the paper......tributes to the situation are still a very confusing topic for most people around the world. The media has kept the climate change debate alive over the decades, and many international organizations have tried to find solutions for climate change adaptation. But many have criticized the media coverage, especially the US one, because it has not highlighted the solutions, the revolutionary changes that developed countries and oil companies must implement to preserve our atmosphere. They also failed to highlight the help that poor nations need to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Also because climate change and global warming are still an abstract topic in most developing countries, governments need to work with journalists and scientists to improve the media to increase people's understanding of the situation..