Climate on Cable
@article{Feldman2012ClimateOC, title={Climate on Cable}, author={L. Feldman and E. Maibach and C. Roser-Renouf and Anthony Leiserowitz}, journal={The International Journal of Press/Politics}, year={2012}, volume={17}, pages={3 - 31} }
This study examines climate change coverage on the three major cable news channels and assesses the relationship between viewership of these channels and beliefs about global warming. Evidence from a content analysis of climate change coverage on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC during 2007 and 2008 demonstrates that Fox takes a more dismissive tone toward climate change than CNN and MSNBC. Fox also interviews a greater ratio of climate change doubters to believers. An analysis of 2008 survey data from… CONTINUE READING
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