The Case for Critical Media Literacy: A Comparison of Climate Discourses in Canadian Mainstream and Alternative Media
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Résumé
CO2 emissions have been rising and the Earth’s atmosphere is warming to perilous temperatures, making it urgent to address the climate crisis. The climate crisis has been exacerbated by neoliberalism, which is sometimes referred to as the corporate agenda. This research examines the discourses related to the climate crisis in one mainstream media outlet and two alternative media outlets. The main research question for the study was: What are the main discourses about the climate crisis and the Green New Deal in Canadian mainstream text-based media compared to alternative text-based media from September 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020? \nMainstream media is media that is funded by corporations and is mass produced and distributed. Another type of media is alternative media, which is structurally different from mainstream media and is less influenced by corporate sponsorship. This research questioned how these media outlets the National Post, The Tyee, and Rabble report on the climate crisis. It studied whether they are hegemonic devices that promote the neoliberal agenda, particularly pertaining to the fossil fu? How the Green New Deal is presented to the masses in the media is also analyzed. \nThe study analyzed the discourses used by the three media outlets in various categories pertaining to this existential problem, namely, the climate crisis. It used critical discourse analysis to analyze and interpret the media coverage about the climate crisis and the Green New Deal in Canadian mainstream and alternative media. The National Post mostly used neoliberal discourses in its articles about the climate crisis, often supporting corporate interests over environmental concerns, including those posed by Indigenous protestors attempting to protect the land. By comparison, The Tyee and Rabble used counterhegemonic discourses in virtually all the categories in every article in the data. \nThe study demonstrates the need for critical media literacy in classrooms to help understand the seriousness of the climate crisis. Critical media literacy interrogates how power is connected to language and helps students develop critical thinking skills. These skills can help students identify and interpret hegemonic discourses that may hinder climate action. This type of literacy can help students become informed citizens, which in turn could help them demand climate action. This research demonstrates where power and ideology are in media discourses and how hegemonic discourses are a barrier to climate action. Critical media literacy is necessary as a counter-hegemonic strategy, especially in high school classrooms. This research is rooted in social and ecological justice.
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Prédiction distillée sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.
Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,001 | 0,001 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,001 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.
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