Discursive analysis of climate skepticism in the Spanish press (2015-2021)
Abstract
As the consensus on climate change has moved from the scientific arena to public opinion, denialist arguments have moderated, adopting a more subtle and complex skeptical discourse. However, only a few studies on these discourses are based on a relevant number of journalistic contents. The present study analyzes skeptical arguments in Spanish print and digital media between 2015 and 2021, with a sample of 147 articles from 35 newspapers, selected from an aggregated search technique of key concepts in Factiva and after reviewing fragments in more than 5000 articles. The results show that the argumentative framing is primarily ideological and that the idea of freedom of opinion functions as the main vector. Meanwhile, the economic framing guides the skeptical positioning on the measures to be adopted in the face of climate change.
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