https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz Made with deep thought! en-us 2022-04-21 23:44:15 UTC 2022-04-24 03:27:37 UTC hello@padlet.com R_Mittal https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2152816720 Reflect on how climate change and environmental issues are discussed in the media in your country? 
Do you detect differences in the right leaning vs left leaning media? 
How do people respond or think about environmental issues, and can this be related to media coverage?

]]> 2022-04-22 00:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2152816720 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153468932 mostly left leaded or neutral media in Europe, all of us don't consume right leaded media, people respond in a way that they are usually aware of the issues due to climate change]]> 2022-04-22 11:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153468932 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153472269 A common trend seen across nations is a sort "blame game," where people following right-wing media and left-wing media blame each other for not acting in the correct way. We believe that this is due to the fact that people tend to follow media that reinforces their bias, rather than gaining different perspectives from different sources. ]]> 2022-04-22 11:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153472269 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153474122 UAE: No strong left or right, generally objectively spoken about neutrally 
Sweden: Mainly left, but neutral
Guatemala: Mainly follows the US narrative, whatever news is the most popular, they report it in that way as well. 

All: mainly, climate and environmental based, not about socioeconomic issues, getting used to environmental issues = fatigued, no political change but personal change ]]> 2022-04-22 11:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153474122 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153475428 Finland and Norway
- centre-left or centre-right media dominates
- trust in climate science
-technological innovations
- sometimes critical or positive about activism dependind on the journalist
- also fringe far-right media that is "climate skeptical"
- media coverage is reflected in the public opinion -> also more radical views present in the public

Indonesia
- environmental catastrophes not connected to a bigger narrative such as climate change in the media ("noise")
- population of Indonesia is huge -> young people in the city are aware of climate change and older people might not be as aware or don't care as much]]> 2022-04-22 11:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153475428 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153475687 Climate change and environmental issues are not enough emphasized in my country, Italy.  Most of the times they focus on economics and politics, forgetting to give the visibility  that this fundamental argument deserves. Because of this, it is also difficult to find differences in the way Right parties and Left parties speak about environmental issues. In general, young people especially because of social media e tech have much more information and knowledge about what's happening to the planet compared to older people.


]]> 2022-04-22 11:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153475687 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153476023 The Netherlands: 

Both liberal and conservative media acknowledge the effects of climate change, but the key difference lies in the severity of the issue and which actions should be taken. These thus also stir individuals into opposing directions.

India:

There has been a strong crackdown on media outlets that publicly criticize the right-wing government in power. The world's largest democracy is not the world's best democracy.

Indonesia:

Quantity of media coverage about climate change in Indonesia is low compared to other topics such as corruption, elections and crime. The way the media frames it has also not been able to make the public understand the urgency of this issue.]]> 2022-04-22 11:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153476023 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153476288 In Spain, the press with left-wing ideology makes the issue of sustainability much more present, advocates for laws that help curb climate change, and often show articles that give voice to experts on the subject or where the repercussions that climate change will bring in the future are shown. 
On the other hand, the media with right-wing ideology do not advocate as much or give as much space to voices that help promote aid against climate change, including small measures and vignettes to be part of the group in favor of these changes in favor of sustainability, but they are not so concerned about it. 


]]> 2022-04-22 11:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153476288 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153477551 In our experience (from the UK, Germany and the Netherlands), environmental issues are discussed in a way that the media tries to create awareness and inform people about how urgent it is. They try to motivate people to actively start participating in changing our consumption or behavior. However, we’ve experienced that in all of our home countries most right-wing media outlets do not focus as much on climate change issues because the target audience for right wing news outlets is usually an older demographic. Whereas left-wing outlets focus on a young demographic and try to engage them with climate change issues. In terms of people’s response to environmental issues, it is very varied. Ranging from being very active both online and offline to not really caring about this topic at all. It definitely has to do with the media that they are exposed to, as everyone experiences a form of media bias for their preconceived ideas about topics.]]> 2022-04-22 11:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153477551 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153478159 In Europe, left wing media is more outspoken and addressing the issues being faced, while left wing is more extreme and can deny it is even happening. In the gulf countries, they are very dependent on oil and have a controlled media system with limited freedom of speech, leading to climate change not being a common topic. Finally in China, they are known to have right leaning media, most of the main media companies are connected to the government, however, there is also self owned media (user generated content) that is more outspoken about environmental issues, also large corporations can be outspoken when doing CSR campaigns for promotion.]]> 2022-04-22 11:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153478159 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153478444 all of us come from different countries with different media climates, hence we are sharing different responses below:

Singapore - most major media outlets are generally state-owned, so we see a lot of reporting on how ministers are attending important sustainability summits, supporting company-driven sustainability campaigns etc. but we don't necessarily see a lot of coverage on the possible mistakes/errors made by the government with regards to climate efforts

Belarus - media is not really focusing on global environmental problems, since people are way more worried about economical issues in their daily lives. few notes about specific country's puzzlements can be made through media sometimes.

Netherlands - media landscape is more neutral, because the major newspapers and outlets with a bit of a left wing perspective. However the population is more polarised when it comes to politics and environment. The social media algorithm pushes people further into context that fits their beliefs.


]]> 2022-04-22 11:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153478444 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153479211 In SG, there isn't really a different left-leaning or right-leaning media since the media landscape is sort of controlled by the govt so views are typically homogeneous. They portray issues of climate change as something that can be averted through individual behaviour changes, and encourages this while promoting the govt's new policies for sustainability and environment-protection. People generally respond to it positively, and use these for information. However, I am not sure how much actionable change is implemented based on this coverage. ]]> 2022-04-22 11:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153479211 https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153481737 We come from Finnland, Netherlands & Ecuador. The rank of most sustainable country would follow in the same order. In Ecuador ther isn't a lot of widespread awareness about sustainability on the media, however some indigenous people from the amazon are trying to prevent the further extraction of oil in the country. (See Nina & Helena Gualinga) ]]> 2022-04-22 11:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/R_Mittal/3cw23iaj69290kaz/wish/2153481737