It’s Too Darn Hot: How Rising Temperatures are Linked to Climate Change in the U.S. Print Media

Abstract

The print media has a profound impact on the public’s opinion and knowledge of environmental issues, including climate change. This thesis explores how the media connects a key impact of climate change, rising temperatures, to climate change itself through a content analysis of newspaper articles about rising temperatures from the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post from January 1, 1988 to December 31, 2015.