Drømmesommer eller klimakrise? : En kritisk diskursanalyse av norske avisers fremstillinger av rekordsommeren og ekstremsommeren 2018

2019

Masteroppgave samfunnskommunikasjon KOM500 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 The summer of 2018 was exceptionally warmboth in Norway and internationally. The persistent heat and the many temperature records led toserious consequences, and the Norwegian media eventually named the summer of 2018 “the record summer”and “the extreme summer”. This master's thesis aimsto elucidate how theunusualsummer weatherwas presentedin theNorwegian newspapers during the summer months.The thesis offers a critical discourse analysis of various representations of “the record summer” and “the extreme summer” in the ten largest Norwegian newspapers throughout the summer of 2018. It is based on an interdisciplinary the…