Media Narratives and the Weathering of Climate

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published five assessments since 1990 warning of the impact of human activity on rapid climate change. The assessments affirm that climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. While there is a scientifically substantiated relationship between climate change and extreme weather events, it is difficult to suggest that a specific weather event is caused by climate change. This presents a series of challenges in media coverage of such events, as the norms of journalistic practice can be at odds with the norms of good science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Schiro, Nicole Rose

• Climate change

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/62637

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/62637