The economic gap between the Global North and the Global South (as imperfect as this distinction is) has a direct effect on the media resources, availability of training and agility to adapt to efficient climate coverage. Moreover, cultural and socio-political factors play a significant role too. While there are variations between the prevailing types of media coverage of climate change in various countries, a pattern is emerging that demonstrates how resource deficiency has a detrimental effect on the quality and width of reporting. The growing narrativenarrative of the historical and contemporary responsibility that the West holds in emissions—and the need to support the less opulent countries at the receiving end of the crisis—provides another layer of conversation and debate to media discourses. This layer of communication, while taking roots in the humanistic pursuit of compassion and helping thy neighbour, more often than not ends up in an ideological riddle. This chapter provides a thorough examination of the patterns of coverage of climate change in the developing countries. It proposes case studies from particular countries and regions yet draws on the wider patterns emerging, acknowledging that it is beyond the remit of this book to provide specific analysis per each country in question. Nonetheless, this exploration unearths postcolonial legacy, lack of resources, inertia of coverage, hegemonic dependence and reliance on global political gatherings for agenda setting, and sheds light on the emerging evidence of creativity and versatility of climate coverage. A critical lens on the phenomenon of delocalisation is emerging in this chapter, which requires utmost attention from media patrons and practitioners.

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Global South and Global North: Discrepancies in Climate Coverage

  • Anastasia Denisova

摘要

The economic gap between the Global North and the Global South (as imperfect as this distinction is) has a direct effect on the media resources, availability of training and agility to adapt to efficient climate coverage. Moreover, cultural and socio-political factors play a significant role too. While there are variations between the prevailing types of media coverage of climate change in various countries, a pattern is emerging that demonstrates how resource deficiency has a detrimental effect on the quality and width of reporting. The growing narrativenarrative of the historical and contemporary responsibility that the West holds in emissions—and the need to support the less opulent countries at the receiving end of the crisis—provides another layer of conversation and debate to media discourses. This layer of communication, while taking roots in the humanistic pursuit of compassion and helping thy neighbour, more often than not ends up in an ideological riddle. This chapter provides a thorough examination of the patterns of coverage of climate change in the developing countries. It proposes case studies from particular countries and regions yet draws on the wider patterns emerging, acknowledging that it is beyond the remit of this book to provide specific analysis per each country in question. Nonetheless, this exploration unearths postcolonial legacy, lack of resources, inertia of coverage, hegemonic dependence and reliance on global political gatherings for agenda setting, and sheds light on the emerging evidence of creativity and versatility of climate coverage. A critical lens on the phenomenon of delocalisation is emerging in this chapter, which requires utmost attention from media patrons and practitioners.