A critical discourse analysis of linguistic framing in climate change skepticism across media and political narratives

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Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70102/hdx14307
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Critical discourse analysis, Linguistic framing, Climate change, Media and political narratives

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Umida Imomova
Termez State University, Uzbekistan.
Dilnoza Fayzullayeva
Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan.
Dilshod Turdibayev
Gulistan State University, Uzbekistan.
Nozigul Gulomjonova
Department of English Linguistics, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Uzbekistan.
Burgutali Kenjaev
Namangan State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistan.
Nigora Shadyeva
Bukhara State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistоn.
Nasiba Yarashova
Navoi University of Innovations, Uzbekistan.
Dilfuza Zaynutdinova
Navoi University of Innovations, Uzbekiston.

Abstract

This article contributes to the expanding research on Climate Change (CC) discourse by analyzing the narrative presentation of CC stories on Mongabay, a news platform dedicated to environmental concerns. This research examines research papers to evaluate the emergence of climate agendas throughout these times. In conjunction with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Stibbe's comprehensive Ecolinguistics (EL) structure is employed to examine the corpus. A proposed methodology is modified to classify the articles into various categories of CC narratives: Ecoactivist, Intelligent Growth Reformer, Ecomodernist, and Lukewarmer (LW). This research does not identify the LW narrative because it posits that CC is not a crisis. The corpus analysis indicates a prevalence of narratives advocating for preserving nature, critiquing governmental environmental responsibilities, and endorsing policy and technology advancements. This research offers a perspective on media and political narratives on the environment across civilizations. Increasing the database size in future investigations would provide a more comprehensive analysis of EL terms.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 (January-June), 2025

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A critical discourse analysis of linguistic framing in climate change skepticism across media and political narratives (U. Imomova, D. Fayzullayeva, D. Turdibayev, N. Gulomjonova, B. Kenjaev, N. Shadyeva, N. Yarashova, & D. Zaynutdinova, Trans.). (2025). International Journal of Aquatic Research and Environmental Studies, 5(1), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.70102/hdx14307

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