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Media Representation of Climate Change in the Global South: A Content Analysis of News Coverage in Pakistan, Nigeria, and Brazil

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: To begin with, I examine media portrayal of climate change across the Global South, and in particular three countries; Pakistan, Nigeria and Brazil. It probes the description and rousing of climate change in news media, and the information of how environment-related news is filtered by the national and regional context. In this study, the patterns of narratives of climate change, role of the segments of the government and international actors, and the control of global media, are considered using a content analysis approach to news coverage of these countries. Further to that, the study also looks deeply into the perception of people regarding the credibility of climate change news and the impacts of fake news on making public opinion on the same. The findings also provide clues into how countries which are typically disproportionally affected by the impacts of climate change portray such impacts.

Source: Global Social Sciences Review

DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2025(x-i).16

Authors: Sher Baz Khan, Muhammad Bilal

Institutions: TU Dortmund University, Erich-Brost-Institut, National Defence University

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change Communication and Perception

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409890006

FWCI: 1.844

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