"Trust Science!" Institutional Conditions of Frame Resonance in the United States and Germany: The Case of Fridays for Future

Abstract

Abstract This report focuses on the discursive opportunity structure of Fridays for Future in the United States and Germany. We will show that the movement's frame resonance relies strongly on the differential receptivity of both countries' political and communicative institutions for the findings of climate science. The first part presents how climate science shapes the framing of Fridays for Future. The second part explores the influence of climate science on the regime of political knowledge production and the mass media.