Environmental News  

Oleh:

Reis, Raul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Science Communication vol. 21 no. 2 (Des. 1999), page 137-155.
Fulltext: 137SC212.pdf (55.31KB)

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This article examines how two important Brazilian newspapers covered the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Overall, 649 news items were content analyzed to determine the type of sources used, as well as the kind of issues covered. The analysis showed that government officials were the most frequently cited sources, while environmentalists and scientists were all but ignored as news sources. The analysis also indicated that economic issues were surprisingly prominent in the coverage. These results are compatible with previous studies done in several countries and indicate that environmental media are still extremely reliant on “official” voices. The findings also highlight the fact that the range of issues covered by the environmental media largely reflects the perceived public agenda.

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