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[[File:Ms. magazine Cover - Spring 2007.jpg|thumbnail|Global warming was the cover story of this 2007 issue of the liberal-leaning feminist ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.]]'''Media coverage of climate change''' has had effects on [[public opinion on climate change]], as it conveys the [[scientific consensus on climate change]] that the global [[instrumental temperature record|temperature]] has increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused by human-induced emissions of [[greenhouse gases]].<ref name="Antilla">{{cite journal|author=Antilla, L.|year=2010|title=Self-censorship and science: A geographical review of media coverage of climate tipping points|journal=Public Understanding of Science|volume=19|issue=2|pages=240–256|doi=10.1177/0963662508094099|s2cid=143093512}}</ref>
[[Climate communication|Climate change communication]] research shows that coverage has grown and become more accurate.<ref name="
Some researchers and journalists believe that media coverage of [[politics of climate change]] is adequate and fair, while a few feel that it is biased.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Newman|first1=Todd P.|last2=Nisbet|first2=Erik C.|last3=Nisbet|first3=Matthew C.|date=26 September 2018|title=Climate change, cultural cognition, and media effects: Worldviews drive news selectivity, biased processing, and polarized attitudes|journal=Public Understanding of Science|volume=27|issue=8|pages=985–1002|doi=10.1177/0963662518801170|pmid=30253695|s2cid=52824926}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Lichter|first=S.R.|author2=Rothman|year=1984|title=The media and national defense|journal=National Security Policy|pages=265–282}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bozell|first=L.B.|author2=Baker, B.H.|year=1990|title=Thats the way it is(n't)|journal=Alexandria, VA}}</ref><ref name="
== History ==
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The Media and Climate Change Observatory team at the University of Colorado Boulder found that 2017 "saw media attention to climate change and global warming ebb and flow" with June seeing the maximum global media coverage on both subjects. This rise is "largely attributed to news surrounding United States (US) President Donald J. Trump's withdrawal from the 2015 United Nations (UN) [[Paris agreement|Paris Climate Agreement]], with continuing media attention paid to the emergent US isolation following through the [[43rd G7 summit|G7 summit]] a few weeks later."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boykoff|first1=M.|last2=Andrews|first2=K.|last3=Daly|first3=M.|last4=Katzung|first4=J.|last5=Luedecke|first5=G.|last6=Maldonado|first6=C.|last7=Nacu-Schmidt|first7=A.|title=A Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming in 2017|url=http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/summaries/special_issue_2017.html|publisher=Media and Climate Change Observatory, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806225441/https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/summaries/special_issue_2017.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Media coverage of climate change during the Trump Administration remained prominent as most news outlets placed heavy emphasis on Trump-related stories rather than climate-related events.<ref name="
In a 2020 article, Mark Kaufman of [[Mashable]] noted that the [[English Wikipedia]]'s article on climate change has "hundreds of credible citations" which "counters the stereotype that publicly-policed, collaboratively-edited Wikipedia pages are inherently unreliable".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Mark|date=2020|title=The guardians of Wikipedia's climate change page|url=https://mashable.com/feature/climate-change-wikipedia/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-22|website=[[Mashable]]|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418190338/https://mashable.com/feature/climate-change-wikipedia/}}</ref>
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Scientists and media scholars who express frustrations with inadequate science reporting argue that it can lead to at least three basic distortions. First, journalists distort reality by making scientific errors. Second, they distort by keying on human-interest stories rather than scientific content. And third, journalists distort by rigid adherence to the construct of balanced coverage.<ref name="Boykoff2004">{{cite journal|last=Boykoff|first=M.T.|author2-link=Jules Boykoff|author2=Boykoff, J.M.|title=Balance as bias: Global warming and the US prestige press|journal=[[Global Environmental Change]]|year=2004|volume=14|issue=2|pages=125–136|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Moore|first=B|author2=Singletary, M.|title=Scientific sources' perceptions of network news accuracy|journal=Journalism Quarterly|year=1985|volume=62|issue=4|pages=816–823|doi=10.1177/107769908506200415|s2cid=144093163}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Nelkin|first=D|title=Selling science: How the press covers science and technology|journal=New York: W.H. Freeman|year=1995}}</ref><ref name="Schneider">{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=S|title=Mediarology: The role of citizens, journalists, and scientists in debunking climate change myths|url=http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/Mediarology/Mediarology.html|access-date=2011-04-03|archive-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001074720/http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/Mediarology/Mediarology.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|vauthors=Singer E, Endreny PM |title=Reporting on risk: How the mass media portray accidents, diseases, disasters and other hazards.|year=1993|publisher=Russell Sage|___location=New York|url=http://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=risk|access-date=2018-02-05|archive-date=2020-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414170608/https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1199&context=risk|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Tankard|first=J. W.|author2=Ryan, M.|title=News source perceptions of accuracy in science coverage|journal=Journalism Quarterly|year=1974|volume=51|issue=2|pages=219–225|doi=10.1177/107769907405100204|s2cid=145113868}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=August 2021}} Bord, O'Connor, & Fisher (1998) argue that responsible citizenry necessitates a concrete knowledge of causes and that until, for example, the public understands what causes climate change it cannot be expected to take voluntary action to mitigate its effects.<ref name="Bord1998">{{cite journal|last=Bord|first=R.J.|author2=O'Connor |author3=Fisher|title=Public perceptions of global warming: United States and international perspectives|journal=Climate Research|year=1998|volume=11|issue=1|pages=75–84|doi=10.3354/cr011075|bibcode=1998ClRes..11...75B|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In 2022 the [[IPCC Sixth Assessment Report#WG3report|IPCC reported]] that "Accurate transference of the climate science has been undermined significantly by climate change countermovements, in both legacy and new/social media environments through [[misinformation]]."<ref name="
=== Narrative ===
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Compared to what experts know about traditional media's and tabloid journalism's impacts on the formation of public perceptions of climate change and willingness to act, there is comparatively little knowledge of the impacts of social media, including message platforms like Twitter, on public attitudes toward climate change.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Auer M.|title=The Potential of Microblogs for the Study of Public Perceptions of Climate Change|journal=WIREs Climate Change|date=2014| doi=10.1002/wcc.273|display-authors=etal|volume=5|issue=3|pages=291–296|bibcode=2014WIRCC...5..291A |s2cid=129809371 }}</ref>
In recent years, there has been an increase in the influence and role that [[social media]] plays in conveying opinions and knowledge through information sharing. There are several emerging studies that explore the connection between social media and the public's awareness of climate change. Anderson found that there is evidence that [[social media]] can raise awareness of climate change issues, but warns that it can also lead to opinion-dominated ideologies and reinforcement.<ref name="
=== Youth awareness and activism ===
Published in the journal ''[[Childhood (journal)|Childhood]]'', the article "Children's protest in relation to the climate emergency: A qualitative study on a new form of resistance promoting political and social change" considers how children have evolved into prominent actors to create a global impact on awareness of climate change. It highlights the work of children like [[Greta Thunberg]] and the significance of their resistance to the passivity of world leaders regarding climate change. It also discusses how individual resistance can directly be linked to collective resistance and that this then creates a more powerful impact, empowering young people to act more responsibly and take authority over the future. The article discusses the potential impact of youth to raise awareness while also inspiring action, and using social media platforms to share the message.<ref
==Coverage by country==
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===Australia===
{{See also|Climate change in Australia}}[[Australian media|Australian news outlets]] have been reported to present misleading claims and information.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-14|title=The Australian says it accepts climate science, so why does it give a platform to 'outright falsehoods'?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/15/the-australian-says-it-accepts-climate-science-so-why-does-it-give-a-platform-to-outright-falsehoods|access-date=2021-04-22|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306231013/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/15/the-australian-says-it-accepts-climate-science-so-why-does-it-give-a-platform-to-outright-falsehoods|url-status=live}}</ref> One article from ''[[The Australian]]'' in 2009 claimed that climate change and global warming were fraudulent claims pushed by so-called "warmaholics".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-01-16|title=The warmaholics' fantasy |newspaper=The Australian|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24876451-7583,00.html|access-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116082215/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24876451-7583,00.html|archive-date=2009-01-16}}</ref>{{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}} Many other examples of claims that dismiss climate change have been posted by media outlets in Australia throughout the years following as well.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bacon|first=Wendy|date=2013-10-30|title=Sceptical climate part 2: climate science in Australian newspapers|url=https://apo.org.au/node/36169|language=en|website=Analysis & Policy Observatory |access-date=2021-04-27|archive-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422014621/https://apo.org.au/node/36169|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Australian Brings You The Climate Science Denial News From Five Years Ago – Graham Readfearn|date=10 May 2013 |url=https://www.readfearn.com/2013/05/the-australian-brings-you-the-climate-science-denial-news-from-five-years-ago/|access-date=2021-04-22|language=en-AU|archive-date=2021-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119205910/https://www.readfearn.com/2013/05/the-australian-brings-you-the-climate-science-denial-news-from-five-years-ago/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chapman|first=Simon|title=The Australian's campaign against wind farms continues but the research doesn't stack up|url=http://theconversation.com/the-australians-campaign-against-wind-farms-continues-but-the-research-doesnt-stack-up-44774|access-date=2021-04-22|website=The Conversation|date=16 July 2015 |language=en|archive-date=2021-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424150138/https://theconversation.com/the-australians-campaign-against-wind-farms-continues-but-the-research-doesnt-stack-up-44774|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2013 summer and heat wave colloquially known as "[[Angry Summer]]" attracted a great deal of media attention, although few outlets directly linked the unprecedented heat to climate change.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aldred |first=Jessica |date=2013-03-07 |title=Australia links 'angry summer' to climate change – at last |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/mar/07/australia-angry-summer-climate-change |access-date=2023-03-13 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> As the world entered into 2020, global media coverage of climate change issues decreased and [[Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 coverage]] increased. In Australia there was a 34% decrease in climate change articles published from March 2020.<ref name="
Australia has recently experienced some of the most intense [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfire seasons]] in its immediate history. This phenomenon has sparked extensive media coverage both nationally and internationally. Much of the media coverage of the [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019 and 2020 Australian bushfire seasons]] discussed the different factors that lead to and increase the chances of extreme fire seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-07 |title=Media reaction: Australia's bushfires and climate change |url=https://www.carbonbrief.org/media-reaction-australias-bushfires-and-climate-change |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929204905/https://www.carbonbrief.org/media-reaction-australias-bushfires-and-climate-change |archive-date=2020-09-29 |access-date=2021-04-22 |website=Carbon Brief |language=en}}</ref> A climate scientist, [[Nerilie Abram]], at [[Australian National University]] explained in an article for ''[[Scientific American]]'', that the four major conditions need to exist for wildfire and those include "available fuel, dryness of that fuel, weather conditions that aid the rapid spread of fire and an ignition.<ref
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{{See also|Climate change in the United Kingdom#Media coverage}}
''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper is internationally respected for its coverage of [[climate change]].<ref
In the UK, statements by government officials have been influential in the public perception on climate change. In 1988, Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] gave one of the first speeches to draw public attention to climate change. This speech highlighted the assumption that industrialization had no impact on the global climate and contrasted it with the stark reality of an increasingly volatile climate. In another speech, Margaret Thatcher expressed that "we have unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of the planet itself".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Boykoff |first1=Maxwell T |last2=Rajan |first2=S Ravi |date=March 2007 |title=Signals and noise: Mass-media coverage of climate change in the USA and the UK |journal=EMBO Reports |language=en |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=207–211 |doi=10.1038/sj.embor.7400924 |issn=1469-221X |pmc=1808044 |pmid=17330062}}</ref> Thatcher's speeches on climate change contributed to a record-breaking number of votes for the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] in the [[1989 European Parliament election|1989 European Parliament Election]]. These speeches sparked an increase in broader media coverage of climate change.<ref name="
In the early 2000s, [[David King (chemist)|David King]], Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK, stated that the most difficult issue facing the UK was climate change and that its effects were worse than terrorism. David King established that reducing carbon emissions would not only benefit the environment but also the collective wellbeing of UK citizens. King's personal focus was climate change and he produced innovative thinking, tactics and negotiations for the media.<ref name="
In 1988 in United States, NASA scientist [[James Hansen]] stated that climate change was anthropogenic, that is, man-made. This had a similar result to Thatcher's speeches, drawing public attention to the climate crisis and spurring increased media coverage of the issue. The US and UK are comparable in their coverage of climate change for this reason.<ref name="
For a short period in 1988, the United States had slightly more coverage, but the two countries were quite similar. However, in the following years, the UK consistently produced more articles, and in 2003, it spiked, producing a significantly larger amount of articles. The year 2003 saw the UK and much of Europe experience the hottest summer to date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The heatwave of 2003 |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/case-studies/heatwave |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Met Office |language=en}}</ref> Temperatures reached up to 38.5 °C, which is 101.3 °F, resulting in 2,000 deaths in the UK, and more across Europe. This significant event drew the attention of newspapers, therefore increasing the amount of articles produced. For example, in the year following the heatwave, ''[[The Guardian]]'' released an article in March, 2004, warning about even more severe summers that would come. This article included a quote from Dr. Luterbacher, who stated, "We don't know if it will get warmer every year, but the trend is certainly in that direction." The article also claimed that this extreme event was not due to natural causes, suggesting that human activity was responsible.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sample |first1=Ian |last2=correspondent |first2=science |date=2004-03-05 |title=2003 heatwave a record waiting to be broken |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/mar/05/weather.climatechange |access-date=2023-12-07 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> This fear of worse summers on the way and growing understanding of the human causes continued to shows up in increased media coverage after 2003.
In 2001, the National Survey of Public Attitudes to Quality of Life survey found that the public ranked global warming 8th on their list of current concerns. The Office for National Statistics then constructed an additional poll asking the same question but asked about expectations for 20 years ahead. A majority reported that in 20 years time, congestion fumes and noises from traffic would be more concerning than the significant impacts of climate change.<ref name="
Along with heatwaves, other problems that arise from climate change tend to generate more media coverage. Specifically, the issue of flooding as a result from the changing climate draws attention, and therefore, causes media to report on the issue. In a six year span, between 2001 and 2007, the UK had over a hundred articles per newspaper covering the topic of flooding, showing a clear concern with extreme weather events.<ref name="
However, although the UK tends to frame climate change as being the fault of humans more than the US, the newspapers often ignore the role that climate change plays in these extreme events. In the hundreds of articles about flooding in the UK between 2001 and 2007, climate change was only mentioned 55 times in any of them. The ''Guardian'' had the most mentions of climate change and more consistently drew connections between climate change and issues such as flooding. However, the ''Guardian'' still only mentioned climate change 17 times out of 197 stories about climate change.<ref name="
Media companies in the United Kingdom produce a diverse range of types of articles regarding climate change, evident when looking at ''[[The Guardian]], [[The Observer|The]]'' [[The Observer|''Observer'']], ''[[Daily Mail|The Daily Mail]], [[The Mail on Sunday|Mail on Sunday]],'' ''[[The Sunday Telegraph|Sunday Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]''. One scholarly article categorized newspapers from presenting anthropogenic global warming is the only cause of climate change to anthropogenic global warming negligently contributes to climate change. In this study, it is clear that on average, these news sources have increased in scientific credibility.<ref name="
In 2006 Futerra published research to determine if feedback from the UK community on the topic of global warming was either positive or negative. The results were that only 25 percent of the climate change newspapers were positive. A huge media company that participated in the positive feedback was the [[Financial Times]], which contained the most coverage relating climate change, including a focus on climate change and business opportunities.
The commuters of London, reaching to the amount of a million participants, on the date of October 25, 2007, t provided a free metro newspaper which contained an important article with the headline "We're in the biggest race of our lives." which encompassed the details of the fourth report of the United Nations Environmental Programme's Global Environment Outlook (GEO). The contents of the GEO noted that the actions to address climate change were critically insufficient. A majority of UK citizens were not ready for a change in light of present facts of scientific uncertainty.<ref name="
''The Sunday Telegraph'' specifically has a history of producing anti-climate change articles and news. The media publication did a major publication of [[Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley|Christopher Monckton]], who is well known for his denial of climate change. This stance is reflected in one of their articles:<ref name="
"When this global warming madness passes, future generations will remove this derelict solar and wind infrastructure and return to the only reliable and economical electricity options—coal, gas, hydro and nuclear." (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 2010, 'Officials & climate').<ref name="
[[George Monbiot]], a weekly column writer for ''The Guardian'', says specifically in Britain that there is a prevalent discourse of unity and collaboration when it comes to environmental concerns in media outlets such as The Guardian, The Times, the Sun and the Independent. He also claims to have read "utter nonsense" in The Daily Mail or The Sunday Telegraph.<ref name="
A specific case of the community's reaction to climate change can be seen in the YouthStrike4Climate movement, specifically [[UK Youth Climate Coalition]] (UKYCC) and the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN). According to Bart Cammaerts, there has been an overall positive media representation of the climate movement from United Kingdom media outlets. It is significant that 60% of the ''Daily Mail'''s articles written about the climate movement were in a negative tone, while the ''BBC'' had over 70% written in a positive tone. There are a range of media outlets covering climate change, and they all have different opinions on this movement.<ref name="
While there are diverse perspectives represented in print media, right-wing newspapers reach far more readers. For example, the right-leaning ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' each circulated more than 1 million copies in 2019, while the left-wing equivalents, [[Daily Mirror]] and [[The Guardian]] only circulated 600,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayhew |first=Freddy |date=2019-02-14 |title=National newspaper ABCs: Mail titles see slower year-on-year circulation decline as bulk sales distortion ends |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/national-newspaper-abcs-mail-titles-see-year-on-year-circulation-lift-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> Over time, these right-wing newspapers have published fewer editorials opposing climate action. In 2011, the proportion of these editorials was 5:1 against climate change. In 2021, this ratio had dropped to 1:9. Additionally, articles critical of climate action have shifted away from outright denial of climate change. Instead, these editorials highlight the costs associated with climate action, as well as blame other countries for climate change.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prater |first=Josh Gabbatiss, Sylvia Hayes, Joe Goodman and Tom |title=Analysis: How UK newspapers changed their minds about climate change |url=https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/how-uk-newspapers-changed-minds-climate-change/url |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=interactive.carbonbrief.org |language=en}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom, the youth activism movement played a key role in the increased production of media coverage of climate change.global activist celebrity and media outlets began covering her more and more. From September 17th, 2019, to October 3rd, 2019, 21% of all media coverage on specific people was about Greta Thunberg. This young climate activist's prevalence in the media continued to increase and thus so did the amount of media on the subject.<ref name="
===United States===
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The way the media report on climate change in [[English-speaking world|English-speaking]] countries, especially in the United States, has been widely studied, while studies of reporting in other countries have been less expansive.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lyytimäki J, Tapio P |year=2009 |title=Climate change as reported in the press of Finland: From screaming headlines to penetrating background noise |journal=[[International Journal of Environmental Studies]] |volume=66 |issue=6 |pages=723–735 |doi=10.1080/00207230903448490 |bibcode=2009IJEnS..66..723L |s2cid=93991183}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schmidt |first1=Andreas |last2=Ivanova |first2=Ana |last3=Schäfer |first3=Mike S. |year=2013 |title=Media attention for climate change around the world: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage in 27 countries |journal=Global Environmental Change |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=1233–1248 |doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.020}}</ref> A number of studies have shown that particularly in the United States and in the UK [[Tabloid journalism#Red tops|tabloid press]], the media significantly understated the strength of [[scientific consensus on climate change]] established in [[IPCC]] Assessment Reports [[IPCC Second Assessment Report|in 1995]] and [[IPCC Third Assessment Report|in 2001]].
One of the first critical studies of media coverage of climate change in the United States appeared in 1999. The author summarized her research:<ref name="
A study of US newspapers and television news from 1995 to 2006 examined "how and why US media have represented conflict and contentions, despite an emergent consensus view regarding anthropogenic climate science." The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] Assessment Reports [[IPCC Second Assessment Report|in 1995]] and [[IPCC Third Assessment Report|in 2001]] established an increasingly strong scientific consensus, yet the media continued to present the science as contentious. The study noted the influence of [[Michael Crichton]]'s 2004 novel ''[[State of Fear]]'', which "empowered movements across scale, from individual perceptions to the perspectives of US federal powerbrokers regarding human contribution to climate change."<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00270.x |author=Boykoff, M.T. |title=From convergence to contention: United States mass media representations of anthropogenic climate change science |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=477–489 |year=2007 |bibcode=2007TrIBG..32..477B |citeseerx = 10.1.1.132.9906 }}</ref>
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President [[Donald Trump]] denies the threat of global warming publicly. As a result of the Trump Presidency, media coverage on climate change was expected to decline during his term as president.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Park|first=David J.|date=March 2018|title=United States news media and climate change in the era of US President Trump|journal=Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management|volume=14|issue=2|pages=202–204|doi=10.1002/ieam.2011|issn=1551-3793|pmid=29193745|bibcode=2018IEAM...14..202P |s2cid=3779585 }}</ref>{{needs update|date=December 2020}}
Globally, media coverage of global warming and climate change decreased in 2020.<ref name="
The U.S. experienced its highest level of climate change media coverage to date in September and October 2021. This increase can be attributed to coverage of the United Nations Conference of Parties meeting which aimed to outline policies to address climate change.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=2021 Year End Retrospective, Special Issue 2021, A Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming in 2021 |url=https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/summaries/special_issue_2021.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=sciencepolicy.colorado.edu |publisher=MeCCO Monthly Summaries :: Media and Climate Change Observatory}}</ref>
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