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10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100816
Title: | How to recognise the inevitable : Latvian media narratives on climate change |
Authors: | Kleinberga, Vineta Palkova, Aleksandra Dace, Elina Faculty of European Studies |
Keywords: | Climate change;Strategic narratives;Alignment;Engagement;Domestication;European green deal;5.6 Political science;5.8 Media and Communication;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;SDG 13 - Climate Action |
Issue Date: | Mar-2023 |
Citation: | Kleinberga , V , Palkova , A & Dace , E 2023 , ' How to recognise the inevitable : Latvian media narratives on climate change ' , Environmental Development , vol. 45 , 100816 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100816 |
Abstract: | Political elites over the world face considerable challenges in getting societies into climate change mitigation and adaptation activities. The process is even more complicated by complex media ecologies, into which official strategic narratives are modified and contested. This study explores the media narratives on climate change and their alignment with the official political narrative in a country located on the European Union's eastern border – Latvia, analysing the representation of climate change by the four most popular digital Latvian news platforms in Latvian and Russian languages. Observing that recognition and international cooperation narratives dominate, this study concludes that media only partially project the official political narrative, which focuses on opportunities from climate change. By considering multiple perspectives of scientists, politicians, society and businesses, the media provide an arena of contestation. At the same time, the media narratives lack a domesticated alternative on climate change that is fundamental for an action-encouraging discursive environment. As a result, the image of climate change as a geographically distant, internationally addressed, negotiated and contested phenomenon persists, yet the role of Latvian actors remains unspecified. Illuminating the climate change strategic narrative projection in Latvia, this study complements the research on climate change media coverage in Central and Eastern Europe and provides insights into the communication challenges the region faces. |
Description: | Funding Information: This study has been supported by the Latvian Council of Science in the framework of the project No. Lzp- 2020/1–0047 “From indifference to making difference in climate policy: improving the interaction between political narrative and societal perceptions in Latvia”. The authors wish to thank Dr. Kārlis Bukovskis for his advice in the process of drafting the article, and both of the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments for improving the article. The authors also thank Artūrs Bikovs for coding support. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100816 |
ISSN: | 2211-4645 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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