Environmental issues in the spotlight of mass media in the Republic of Moldova: opportunities and shortcomings [Articol]

Abstract

Over the last decades, environmental journalism has developed new characteristics,and media agendas increasingly include topics related to environmental problems. Locally, the population faces multiple major ecological challenges that generate a variety of press subjects, periodically addressed by media institutions. In this scientific endeavor, we aim to evaluatively periodically addressed by media institutions. In this scientific endeavor, we aim to evaluatively that most frequently address environmental problems, the typology of environmental issues that often generate topics for journalistic production, and the working techniques used for identifying and selecting sources, expertise, and eligible presentation of information. The methodology used in the study includes the historiographic method, content analysis, the comparative method, the observational method, and case study research. The main results from the analysis highlight the need for an analytical approach in materials published in local newspapers, strengthening the argumentative and expert-based dimension in covering environmental problems, and improving journalists’ subject matter competence when writing on environmental issues.