According to a survey carried out in August 2023 in the U.S., around 29 percent of respondents stated that they saw climate change news on TV in the past week. Roughly a third of the interviewees said they read or heard climate change news online, while less than ten percent read or heard such news in more traditional media outlets like newspapers or the radio.
Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type
The question was asked as follows: "Thinking specifically about the news or information about climate change you saw, read, or heard within the last week. Where did you see, read, or hear this?"
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (November 13, 2023). Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type." Chart. November 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2023). Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of People Who Saw, Read, or Heard Climate Change News Recently in The U.S. in 2023, by Media Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/ (last visited November 07, 2024)
Share of people who saw, read, or heard climate change news recently in the U.S. in 2023, by media type [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, November 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490019/climate-change-media-coverage-access-by-type-usa/
