Norwegian Arctic Climate Literacy Interviews with Local Media and Residents

75 semi-structured interviews explore the role of local media in public climate literacy in the Norwegian Arctic. The sample includes 8 journalists and editors alongside 67 other residents, revealing gaps in media coverage linking local events to climate change. Author Roxana Roos published this qualitative analysis under a CC-BY-4.0 license in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing media framing of climate change based on descriptions of local newspaper content.
• Studying public perception gaps in climate literacy based on interview results showing resident uncertainty.
• Investigating journalistic constraints and audience considerations in local climate reporting.

Strengths

• Includes 75 semi-structured interviews, providing a substantive qualitative sample.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (Norwegian Arctic), offering localized insights.
• Results are based on direct interviews with both media professionals (8) and general residents (67).

Limitations

• The dataset is a 694.4 KB DOCX file, suggesting limited scope and primarily textual analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Roxana Roos

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 05:24:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Norwegian Arctic