Media Tales of Two Coastal Cities: Exploring the coverage of sea level rise in New York City and New Orleans.

摘要

Analyses of climate change in the media have examined the impact of ideology, power dynamics, politics over who speaks for the climate, and implications of the way climate change is framed. This study explores media effects and climate change communications, in order to showcase the "tale of two coastal cities," New York City and New Orleans. First, the study explores a background of each region's political ecology, including theoretical perspectives that draw upon Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Second, a literature review tracks previous scholarship on framing analysis and climate communications. Third, a quantitative content analysis compares the coverage of sea level rise in two newspapers, The New York Times and the Times Picayune, over a ten-year time span with consideration of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Finally, the study concludes with a discussion of the analysis and consideration of framing, power and ideology.