Translating the global climate change challenge into action as reflected in Uganda’s media

IF 1 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION
G. Nassanga
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Abstract

Climate change is a global risk that has affected all countries, which requires both global and national action. From the domain of scientists, who initially dominated climate debates, climate change has now become a public issue, with politicians increasingly influencing decisions on climate action, thus climate change becoming a highly politicized media topic. Given that media focus on key issues in society, this article examines the positioning of climate change in Uganda’s media as a means of gauging the level of political commitment to translate this global challenge into climate action. Premised within the issue-attention conceptual framework and based on the findings from the analysis of print media coverage in Uganda of the COP21 global summit, the article shows that climate change is not just a local national issue but is inexplicably linked to global frameworks, where voices and actors from the North not only dominate the global climate discourse but also transcend to the national level as reflected in the coverage, with most of the climate news being from foreign sources and foreign political leaders. Journalists are urged to pre-empt the local politicians to be active participants, not passive listeners in the global climate debates, such that climate issues become high on Uganda’s political communication agenda.
将全球气候变化挑战转化为乌干达媒体所反映的行动
气候变化是影响所有国家的全球性风险,需要全球和国家共同采取行动。从最初主导气候辩论的科学家领域,气候变化现在已经成为一个公共问题,政治家越来越多地影响气候行动的决策,因此气候变化成为一个高度政治化的媒体话题。鉴于媒体关注社会的关键问题,本文考察了气候变化在乌干达媒体中的定位,作为衡量将这一全球挑战转化为气候行动的政治承诺水平的一种手段。在问题关注概念框架的前提下,基于对COP21全球峰会乌干达印刷媒体报道的分析结果,文章表明,气候变化不仅仅是一个地方国家问题,而且与全球框架有着不可解释的联系,来自北方的声音和行动者不仅主导了全球气候话语,而且超越了国家层面,这反映在报道中。大多数关于气候的新闻都来自外国媒体和外国政治领导人。记者们被敦促在全球气候辩论中抢在当地政治家的前面,成为积极的参与者,而不是被动的听众,这样气候问题就会成为乌干达政治传播议程上的重要议题。
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