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Ideological cultures and media discourses on scientific knowledge: re-reading news on climate change
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Abstract Focusing on the representation of climate change in the British “quality press,” this article argues that the discursive (re)construction of scientific claims in the media is strongly entangled with ideological standpoints. Understood here as a set of ideas and values that legitimate a program of ac... view more
Focusing on the representation of climate change in the British “quality press,” this article argues that the discursive (re)construction of scientific claims in the media is strongly entangled with ideological standpoints. Understood here as a set of ideas and values that legitimate a program of action vis-à-vis a given social and political order, ideology works as a powerful selection device in deciding what is scientific news, i.e. what the relevant “facts” are, and who are the authorized “agents of definition” of science matters. The representation of scientific knowledge has important implications for evaluating political programs and assessing the responsibility of both governments and the public in addressing climate change.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 223-243
Journal
Public Understanding of Science, 16 (2007) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662506066775
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)