Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles
Climate change poses a significant threat globally. Due to the heavy nature of the issue, climate change news tends to be very negative. Overly negative news can cause psychological disruption and make people avoid the news. The news media plays a huge role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and peo...
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2022-07-01
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| author | Levina Chrestella Theodora Albertus Magnus Prestianta |
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| description | Climate change poses a significant threat globally. Due to the heavy nature of the issue, climate change news tends to be very negative. Overly negative news can cause psychological disruption and make people avoid the news. The news media plays a huge role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and people’s perspectives on climate change, making it crucial for them to communicate climate change effectively. Constructive journalism may be the solution to this issue. With constructive journalism, journalists avoid negativity bias by focusing not only on the negatives but also on the solutions and positives when reporting a story. This study conducted a quantitative content analysis on 123 climate change articles reported by Kompas.com in 2020 using the six elements of constructive journalism. This research found that Kompas.com’s climate change articles in 2020 were not constructive. The articles emphasized the consequences of climate change with minimal constructive elements to balance the negativity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4027cd492dce47ecb8405765926b9aaa2023-01-05T23:52:49ZengAsosiasi Pendidikan Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi (ASPIKOM)Jurnal Aspikom2087-04422548-83092022-07-01729511010.24329/aspikom.v7i2.1128263Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change ArticlesLevina Chrestella Theodora0Albertus Magnus Prestianta1Universitas Multimedia NusantaraUniversitas Multimedia NusantaraClimate change poses a significant threat globally. Due to the heavy nature of the issue, climate change news tends to be very negative. Overly negative news can cause psychological disruption and make people avoid the news. The news media plays a huge role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and people’s perspectives on climate change, making it crucial for them to communicate climate change effectively. Constructive journalism may be the solution to this issue. With constructive journalism, journalists avoid negativity bias by focusing not only on the negatives but also on the solutions and positives when reporting a story. This study conducted a quantitative content analysis on 123 climate change articles reported by Kompas.com in 2020 using the six elements of constructive journalism. This research found that Kompas.com’s climate change articles in 2020 were not constructive. The articles emphasized the consequences of climate change with minimal constructive elements to balance the negativity.http://jurnalaspikom.org/index.php/aspikom/article/view/1128constructive journalismclimate changequantitative content analysis |
| spellingShingle | Levina Chrestella Theodora Albertus Magnus Prestianta Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles Jurnal Aspikom constructive journalism climate change quantitative content analysis |
| title | Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles |
| title_full | Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles |
| title_short | Measuring Constructive Journalism in Kompas.com’s Climate Change Articles |
| title_sort | measuring constructive journalism in kompas com s climate change articles |
| topic | constructive journalism climate change quantitative content analysis |
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