Research Symposium

BIO

My name is Lauren Fernández and I am a first year student at Florida State studying political science. I'm from Miami, FL, but recently moved to the D.C. area. I am passionate about cooking, hiking, and music. After I graduate from FSU, I want to study law in either Virginia or D.C.. I'd love to work in either intellectual property, medical malpractice, or environmental protection law in the future.

Into The Media's Framing of Climate Change

Abstract

This research attempts to convey an understanding of how the media has changed in its coverage of climate change in the past 15 years. Utilizing transcripts from cable news networks, this paper analyzes the tonality, coverage, and focus of different news networks concerning climate change over time. In particular, it analyzes the differences in language used by partisan news networks concerning this topic. This research finds that, over time, news networks have begun to be more accepting of the concept of climate change and, oftentimes, partisan news networks – both left and right-leaning – attempt to use this crystalized issue in order to appeal to their supporters – although their language is considerably different. This research project is currently still ongoing.

Keywords: Climate Change, Media