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ClearPress discourses on ecological crises in the UK, Israel, and Hungary
This study compared how center-right and center-left newspapers in the UK, Israel, and Hungary frame environmental and climate crises differently. The findings show that media coverage of ecological issues is shaped as much by political identity as by the environmental facts themselves.
Pro-Environmental Behaviour of Two Norway's Mainstream Mass Media
Researchers analyzed how two mainstream Norwegian mass media outlets address plastic waste issues in the Nordic region, examining their pro-environmental framing, stakeholder engagement strategies, and the constraints they face in driving government, NGO, and public action on plastic waste management.
Cultivating Public Perception and Policy Initiatives: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Journalism through Focus Group Discussions and Secondary Data Analysis
Focus group discussions and secondary data analysis found that environmental journalism significantly shapes public awareness and policy formation, with participants noting both the power of media framing and limitations in covering complex topics like climate change and global environmental challenges.
A comparative study of frames and narratives identified within scientific press releases on ocean climate change and ocean plastic
Researchers analyzed over 300 scientific press releases about ocean climate change and ocean plastic pollution to understand how research institutions communicate these topics to the public. They found that ocean plastic stories tended to focus on health risks and actionable solutions, while ocean climate change stories emphasized environmental and economic consequences. The study reveals that how scientific issues are framed in press releases shapes public understanding and engagement with these environmental challenges.
Telling stories about (micro)plastic pollution: Media images, public perceptions and social change
This paper examines how microplastic pollution has been framed in media reporting and how the public understands the issue, finding that culturally embedded ideas about risk and health shape people's responses. Understanding media framing and public perception is important for designing effective communication strategies around microplastic contamination.
Media Coverage of Sustainable Fashion: a Linguistic Perspective
This linguistic analysis examines how media coverage frames sustainable fashion, finding that despite growing attention to environmental issues in the fashion industry, there remains a significant gap between theoretical discourse and practical implementation of sustainable practices.
Cultural Narratives in Environmental Activism
This review examines how cultural narratives rooted in local identity, spirituality, dispossession, and collective memory shape environmental activism and ecological policymaking across diverse global contexts. Drawing on case studies and historical trajectories, the paper finds that community storytelling and historical reinterpretation drive grassroots mobilization and challenge technocratic environmental governance frameworks.
What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multilevel analysis of survey data from 27 European countries
This multi-country survey across 27 European nations found that media use and country-level factors shape citizens' support for plastic waste policy and green consumption. People who consumed environmental news from diverse media sources were more likely to support plastic reduction policies and adopt green behaviors. The findings have implications for designing effective public communication strategies about plastic pollution.
How Are Microplastics Represented in the Korean Media? : An Analysis Based on Reporting Periods, Political Inclinations and Uncertainty
An analysis of 514 South Korean news articles about microplastics from 2018 to 2023 found that media coverage focused heavily on health and environmental risks while rarely acknowledging the scientific uncertainty that still surrounds microplastic hazards. Coverage shifted after a 2021 government anti-plastics policy announcement, moving from problem-framing toward response-framing, with progressive outlets emphasizing regulation and conservative outlets emphasizing research and technology. The study warns that consistent omission of uncertainty in media reporting may suppress public scientific debate and lead to poorly calibrated risk perceptions.
An environmental problem in the making: how media logic molds scientific uncertainty in the production of news about artificial turf in Sweden
Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 journalists, editors, public officials, politicians, industry representatives, and experts in Sweden to examine how media logic shapes news coverage of artificial turf as a microplastic pollutant, finding that media framing conventions drive interpretations of scientific uncertainty and amplify the issue as an environmental problem.
Media Issue Crystallization: The Case of Microplastic in Denmark
This study examined how Danish news media constructed and framed microplastic pollution as an emerging environmental issue, analyzing the process by which a complex scientific problem becomes a public concern. Media framing of microplastics influences public awareness and political action on plastic pollution.
“The toxic substance has killed all ducks”: framing of chemical risks related to the 2021 summer flood in German news media
Researchers analyzed how German news media framed chemical pollution risks during the 2021 summer floods, finding that chemical contamination was rarely covered compared to other flood-related topics. The study suggests that when chemical risks were discussed, reporting tended to focus on factual descriptions rather than providing context about broader environmental and health implications.
Evolution of Media Coverage on Climate Change and Environmental Awareness: An Analysis of Tweets from UK and US Newspapers
Researchers analyzed a decade of climate change tweets from six major UK and US newspapers, finding that coverage increased overall but dipped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic before recovering by 2021, with 2019 standing out as a pivotal year driven by the Fridays for Future movement. Topic modeling revealed recurring themes around politics, health impacts, and pollution.
Motives of Environmental Coverages by North European Mass Media: The Role of Three Nordic Countries on Combating Plastic Waste
This study examines why Nordic mass media (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) give strong coverage to environmental issues including plastic waste, finding that geographic proximity to the sea and economic dependence on marine resources motivate media attention, which in turn influences government environmental policy. The paper focuses on media sociology and environmental communication with no direct relevance to microplastic research.
How Do Information Resources Influencethe Public Environmental Risk Perception?A National Survey in China
This paper is not about microplastics — it is a survey-based study of how different information channels (social media, traditional news, government sources) shape Chinese citizens' environmental risk perception, finding that online information has the strongest effect on perceived environmental threats.
The influence of media narratives on microplastics risk perception
Researchers examined how media narratives about microplastic pollution influence public risk perception. The study argues that accurate and balanced reporting is essential to prevent misinformation and ensure people clearly understand the risks associated with microplastics. The findings suggest that understanding public perceptions can help design better interventions to reduce plastic consumption and its associated health and environmental impacts.
A Study on Environmental Trends and Sustainability in the Ocean Economy Using Topic Modeling: South Korean News Articles
Researchers used topic modeling of over 50,000 South Korean news articles from 2008-2022 to track evolving environmental concerns in ocean economy sectors, revealing shifts in public and media attention toward marine sustainability and pollution issues over time.
Environmental Information: Different Sources Different Levels of Pro-Environmental Behaviours?
Researchers analyzed data from a Eurobarometer survey of all EU member states to examine the relationship between environmental information sources and the frequency of pro-environmental behaviors among EU citizens. Results showed television news was the dominant source (69.3%), and respondents performed an average of 4.2 out of 14 analyzed pro-environmental behaviors, with information source type associated with differing levels of behavioral engagement.
On the Creation of Risk: Framing of Microplastics Risks in Science and Media
This study analyzes how microplastic risks are framed in scientific literature and media coverage, finding that scientific uncertainty is often amplified into public alarm through media framing, and examining the social construction of environmental risk in the absence of definitive toxicological evidence.
Divergent shifts in public ecological attention following the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers analyzed over a decade of social media data from South Korea to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped public attention to environmental issues including microplastics. The study found that the pandemic acted as a catalyst that restructured how people connect environmental topics, with public discourse around microplastics notably shifting toward more positive sentiment while climate crisis discussions became more negative.