Climate News Across Media Platforms:A Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Communication on Different News Platforms

In a changing media landscape marked by technological, institutional and cultural convergence, comparative and cross-media content analysis represents a valuable analytical tool in mapping the diverse channels of climate change communication. This paper presents a comparative study of climate change news on five different media platforms: newspapers, television, radio, web-newsand mobile news. It investigates the themes and actors represented in public climate change communication as well as the diverse possibilities of participating in public debates and information sharing. By combining quantitative and qualitative content analysis the paper documents andexplores the extent and character of climate change news across different media platforms. The study aims at contributing to the on-going assessment of how news media are addressing climate change at a time when old and new media are increasingly competing for attention