IDS day 5 & 6

Question 1

journalistic norms 
-objectivity : 
-what choices matter 
-
-we are influenced by ? 
- certain papers are less likely to

Answer 1

• accurate with no bias
• what to cover, who to interview
• gatekeeping
• political ideology
• cover environmental topics

Question 2

Does NYT or Wall Street Journal cover more environmental topics?

Answer 2

NYT

Question 3

who doesn’t dabble in environment issues at all

Answer 3

fox news

Question 4

balance:
- do we need balance when covering?
- 90% plus climate denial research comes from
- affects?
- changing demographics of

Answer 4

• include all sides of an issue when there is controversy or uncertainty
• climate change ?
• right wing think tanks
• action
• climate denial

Question 5

in general the news has become? however some issues still get?
-examples

Answer 5

less falsely balanced

• more balanced coverage
• google meat tax and red tide

Question 6

political economy of media

• influence of ? on media choices
• what a group makes in order to?
• pressure to ?

Answer 6

money on media choices

• make more money
• choose/avoid stories based on what sponsors/owners want to see

Question 7

ads in papers

they argue that it is only by taking these ads that they are able to ?

Answer 7

communicate these issues at all

Question 8

framing theory is concerned with how we discuss

• a frame is a
• how facts are ?
• who, what, what ?

Answer 8

issues
-central organizing message
organized and presented (communicated via words and images)
-who is responsible, whats the problem, whats the solution

Question 9

competing groups attempt to gain? not by? but by ?

Answer 9

public support/ presenting new facts/ altering the frames or interpretive dimensions for evaluating facts

Question 10

what + what = frame
selection is ?
salience is ?
frames tell us how to ?

Answer 10

selection + salience
what aspects of the issue get included
-how important are the various aspects of the issue
-interpret an issue

Question 11

is it framed ?
as something ?
as something ? 
as a ? 
as a ?

Answer 11

far away or close to us
affecting us personally
crises versus a minor inconvenience
debate

Question 12

frames in environmental issues

Answer 12

polar bear, money, catastrophe and urgency, alarmism, small actions