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Evidence profile

Stated in the abstract and cells research gap sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2008 and 2026, spanning 8 journals. Those papers have been cited 60 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Climate knowledge or climate debate? (2024) · Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication · cited 1× · doi

  Abstract While media coverage of climate change has been shown to imply selective knowledge transformation ( Carvalho 2007 ; Brand & Brunnengräber 2012 ; Kunelius & Roosvall 2021 ), studies assessing the potential for climate experts’ terminology to acquire ideological undertones as it enters mediatic discourses are still scarce.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate abstract media coverage change imply selective knowledge transformation carvalho brand brunnengr kunelius roosvall assessing
• The climate-change bubbles thesis: Rethinking communication in a climate crisis (2026) · Journal of Environmental Media · doi

  The lack of effective policies on climate denial on YouTube. - The need for a better understanding of the spread of climate denialist claims on social media. - The need for a more effective approach to climate change communication.

  generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: lack effective policies climate denial youtube need better
• The Poetics of Denial: Epistemic Politics and the Climate Stereotype on Tangier Island, USA (2026) · Signs and Society · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in understanding how denial is shaped by classed and embodied relations with state knowledge regimes, media discourses, and environmental governance. - The study highlights the need for a semiotic approach to climate politics.

  generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper identifies gap understanding denial shaped classed embodied
• Media Representation of Climate Change - A Case Study of Media Coverage of the COP28 Conference 2023 (2026) · Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems · doi

  There is a lack of analysis on media coverage of climate change. - Previous research has not adequately addressed the importance of localizing the topic of climate change.

  generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack analysis media coverage climate change previous
• Klimato kaita: socialinio rizikos suvokimo ir žiniasklaidos diskurso Lietuvoje konfigūracijos (2008) · Sociologija Mintis ir veiksmas · cited 3× · doi

  The debates on climate change in mass media in Lithuania is lacking the critical discussions on climate change causes and effects on the one side, and the issues of social consequences and adaptation to climate change on the other side.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate change side debates mass media lithuania lacking critical discussions causes effects issues social consequences
• Polarisation and echo chambers? Making sense of the climate issue with social media in everyday life (2023) · Nordicom review/NORDICOM review · cited 16× · doi

  Our findings contribute to disentangling contradictory findings in the field through a discussion of how climate change is part of everyday communication.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: contribute disentangling contradictory field discussion climate change part everyday communication
• From Global Doom to Sustainable Solutions: International News Magazines’ Multimodal Framing of our Future with Climate Change (2021) · Journalism Studies · cited 40× · doi

  However, research on media’s framing of climate change has only sparsely investigated future visions, although media effect studies assume that characteristics of climate futures, including their visual representation, can motivate people to act.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: media climate framing change sparsely investigated future visions effect assume characteristics futures including visual representation
• Anti-institutionalism and climate delay: an analysis of a climate change debate on the Lex Fridman podcast (2026) · English Teaching Practice & Critique · doi

  Research limitations/implications While not generalizable, the findings clarify how influencer media blend anti-institutional framing and climate delay, offering a template for further work on digital media literacy and climate communication.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: media climate limitations implications generalizable clarify influencer blend anti institutional framing delay offering template further

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