Title

Balance as bias: Global warming and the US prestige press.

Summary

This paper shows that US prestige press coverage of global warming from 1988 to 2002 has caused a significant divergence between public and scientific discourse, attributed to media practices and journalistic norms, particularly balanced reporting. Analysis of major US newspapers reveals that adherence to balance leads to biased coverage of anthropogenic climate change and related actions.

 

 

َAuthor

Boykoff, M. T., & Boykoff, J. M.

Year

2004

َThematic Area

Climate Change

Topic

Climate change and Rumors

Country

USA

Region

North America

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Source

Place Published

Publisher

Journal

Global Environmental Change

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001

APA 7th End Text Citation

Boykoff, M. T., & Boykoff, J. M. (2004). Balance as bias: Global warming and the US prestige press. Global Environmental Change, 14, 125– 136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.001