Climate change news audiences: Analysis of news use and attitudes in eight countries

In this new report, we build on our 2022 survey to present fresh insights into how people in eight countries — Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, the U.K. and the USA — access news and information about climate change in 2023. Among others, our main objective is to capture year-on-year change, if there is any, in people’s climate change news consumption patterns. Additionally, we aim to introduce new findings related to the issue of climate justice and the role of solution-oriented journalism, among other aspects. ...

Analyzing data from Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, the U.K., and the USA, we find that:

• In most of the eight countries there has been a slight increase in climate change news use, with just over half (55%) on average using climate change news in the previous week.

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