Covering the environmental issues and global warming in Delta land: A study of three newspapers

Das, J; Bacon, W; Zaman, A

Covering the environmental issues and global warming in Delta land: A study of three newspapers

Das, J

Bacon, W Zaman, A

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Publisher:: Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Pacific Journalism Review, 2009, The Public Right to Know, 15 (2), pp. 10 - 33
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Das, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-2350	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bacon, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zaman, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Pacific Journalism Review, 2009, The Public Right to Know, 15 (2), pp. 10 - 33	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1023-9499	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	This article explores the coverage of environmental issues in the daily newspapers of Bangladesh, a South-Asian country facing the onslaught of global warming because of its low-lying deltaic plains and overpopulation. The results are based on an examination of the content of environmental coverage in three national daily newspapers (two Bangla and one English-language) during June 2007. Drawing on field theory and analytical frames from journalism studies, this study examines the principles of journalistic practices as revealed by the content of these publications. The findings indicate that environmental journalism is a strong subfield in Bangladeshs media, which constructs its own veracity in ways that reflect the social, economic and political contexts of each publication. Based on this small study, the authors conclude that environmental journalists in Bangladesh adopt approaches to sourcing and causation which enable them, in alliance with non-government organisations, to pursue their aim of actively intervening in the field of government policy of Bangladesh, both in international and local spheres.	en_US
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre	en_US
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Abstract:

This article explores the coverage of environmental issues in the daily newspapers of Bangladesh, a South-Asian country facing the onslaught of global warming because of its low-lying deltaic plains and overpopulation. The results are based on an examination of the content of environmental coverage in three national daily newspapers (two Bangla and one English-language) during June 2007. Drawing on field theory and analytical frames from journalism studies, this study examines the principles of journalistic practices as revealed by the content of these publications. The findings indicate that environmental journalism is a strong subfield in Bangladeshs media, which constructs its own veracity in ways that reflect the social, economic and political contexts of each publication. Based on this small study, the authors conclude that environmental journalists in Bangladesh adopt approaches to sourcing and causation which enable them, in alliance with non-government organisations, to pursue their aim of actively intervening in the field of government policy of Bangladesh, both in international and local spheres.

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