Abstract

How issues are framed in journalism in terms of problems, solutions, and levels of responsibility is of great importance in order to engage and lead toward individual and collective action. Data journalism has been acknowledged as a practice that often features a high level of interactivity, with the potential to engage the public. In this study, we investigate the content and production of climate change reporting in Swedish public service data journalism and discuss how frames are used in this alternative form of moderated science communication. Our results indicate an unconventional merger between science communication and data journalistic practices where motivational framing is used only to some extent as a way to increase public engagement with climate change. We also found that producers focus on educating and raising awareness rather than engaging the public and that they are guided by the ideal of objectivity.

摘要

如何在新闻中根据问题、解决方案和责任级别来构建问题，对于参与和引导个人和集体行动非常重要。数据新闻业已被公认为一种具有高度互动性的实践，具有吸引公众的潜力。在这项研究中，我们调查了瑞典公共服务数据新闻中气候变化报道的内容和制作，并讨论了如何在这种有节制的科学传播的替代形式中使用框架。我们的结果表明科学传播和数据新闻实践之间的非常规合并，其中动机框架仅在一定程度上被用作增加公众对气候变化参与的一种方式。