Summary

After comparing how Fox News covers the issue of Global Warming/Climate Change with how Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert cover it, we came to the conclusion that Fox News used agenda setting, gatekeeping, and framing to portray Global Warming in the way they wanted the audience to see it. They have taken scientists out of context and presented it in ways that would make your average viewer question the reality of Global Warming, when in fact Climate Change is a reality and scientists have found a preponderance of evidence that points to such. Scientists believe this could be the single most important issue of our generation’s lifetime. We also found that the clips from John Stewart, Steven Colbert, and Robert E. Davies to be in direct conflict with what the Fox Network had said on the same issues. Though sarcastic at times, Colbert and Stewart made valid points in presenting the correct information regarding Global Warming.  

-Team Hot S**t

List of Sources for Team 6 Project 1

List of Sources.
http://www.factcheck.org/tag/global-warming/

http://www.factcheck.org/society/can_you_prevent_global_warming.html

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1706

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4512953/arctic-blast-proof-of-global-warming

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-1-2009/scientists-hide-global-warming-data

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/videos/jon-stewart-tackles-global-warming-deniers

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/12/palin-vs-gore-climate-showdown/

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/


http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250571,00.html

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/232654/july-02-2009/the-word---ban-de-soleil

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012150004

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586122,00.html

https://www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped/htm/jan-21-climate-series-earths-changing-climate

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/06/al-gores-mansion/

*http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/moist_convection.html


*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqTd0g48ZY4


*http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html


*http://globalwarming.com/

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255173/november-04-2009/formidable-opponent---global-warming-with-al-gore

*http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/


*http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/grnhse.html


*http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7h.html

*http://www.google.com/images?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=greenhouse+effect&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=czFGTZPhE4T0tgPult26Cg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CEUQsAQwAg&biw=1680&bih=847

*http://www.google.com/images?q=global+warming&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=LjJGTdLDGZCosQOS5Ny4Cg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CFAQsAQwAg&biw=1680&bih=847

*http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming


Email Questions and Responses from Dr. Davies  


Set of Questions for Professor Davies

1.) Do you believe in Global Warming/Climate Change?
2.) What are you’re thoughts on the climagate scandal?
3.) What are you’re thoughts about the recent large snow storms in the Washington and New York area?
4.) What are the costs of putting solutions into actions to slow global warming?
5.) What are the costs of not solving global warming? 

Response From Dr Davies  
Hello Kristi,

1. Do I "believe" in Global Warming / Climate Change.

There is a vast body of scientifici evidence telling us that human industrialized activities are warming the planet globally, principally through the addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.  This human-induced global warming is causing global climate change.  When you change the temperature, you induce changes in everything else.

Further, every relevant scientific body on the planet has explicitly endorsed the evidence-based conclusion that human activities are changing Earth's climate.

So yes -- based on a vast collection of primary evidence, as well as the opinion of an expert community -- I believe in anthropogenic global warming and climate change.

2. My thoughts on ClimateGate.

The "scandal" is the illegal theft of private emails between bona fide, sincere and dedicated climate scientists, and the utter and deliberate misrepresentation of a few of those emails to the public.

Five separate and independent review panels have cleared all scientists involved of any professional misconduct and issued explicit statements affirming that nothing in the emails suggests any impropriety, nor does it cast any doubt on the quality of their science.

3. Regarding the recent "large snowstorms."

I assume the intent of the question is to question the consistency of these events with the science of global climate change.  The short answer is, such events are not only consistent with the physics of a warming climate, but projected to become more frequent as the warming progresses.  Global warming intensifies the hydrologic cycle.  Warmer air holds more moisture.  Evaporation rates increase.  And when storms form, there is then more water in the atmosphere to come down.  More water going up (evaporation) means more water coming down (precipitation).  If it comes down in winter in New York or Washington, it's going to come down as snow.  Nevertheless, climate is about statistics, not individual events.  The physics of climate change tells us that, though we can't attribute any single event to a warming climate, such extreme events will become more likely as time goes by and the warming continues.

4.  The costs of mitigating climate change.

Mitigating means keepin the temperature rise to a minimum.  The science tells us quite clearly that in order to mitigate the most extreme risks, we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 90% or more by mid-century.  That's forty years from now.  Further, everyone agrees there is no way to do this without moving away from fossil fuels, toward renewable energy sources.

I'm not an expert in specific mitigation pathways.  However, I can tell you that a number of comprehensive analyses have been done looking at just this question (see, for example: The Stern Review; and the McKinsey Report on Climate Change Mitigation).  In short, these reports suggest quite convincingly that we have both the technology and the economy for effective mitigation of the greatest risks posed by climate change.  They further indicate that, if done correctly, this mitigation is done to net economic benefit.  In other words, the policies pay for themselves.  This isn't hard to believe.  The basic mitigation strategy of moving away from fossils and to renewables is something that must be done this century anyway, regardless of climate change.  Fossils will only become more expensive and less available.  That's the nature of a nonrenewable resource.  Meanwhile, renewables will only become less expensive and more available.  Further, just like all technological revolutions that have come before, we always end up more prosperous on the other side.  There is no reason to believe the transition to renewable energy should be any different.

5.  The costs of inaction.

Estimating the costs of refusing to meet this challenge centers on where we think we're headed.  That is, projections of future climate.  Current projections place global average temperature rise at between 5 deg F and 11 deg F by the end of the century.  Even the low projection represents an enormous climatic shift, taking humans into a climate we've never known.  Biologists, ecologists and social planners throw up their hands at the thought of such enormous change.  Every facet of human society will be impacted: food, water, security, health.

Again, I'm not an expert in this question.  But the many people who are, who look at this question diligently, tell us that a global average temperature rise of the scale I mentioned carries  with it high risk of catastrophic impact for humans, human society and the human ecosystem.  This is not six geeks working in their parent's basement.  This is the mainstream analysis of the world's best scientists.  So, what is the cost of inaction: We incur enormous risk of human suffering on an unprecedented scale.  How's that?

Kristi, global climate change is the preeminent issue of your lifetime.  There is no aspect of your life, or your children's lives, that this phenomenon will not touch profoundly.  This is not my assessment, but the assessment of the world's entire scientific community.  Not a single bona fide scientific society has rejected these conclusions.  That's because they are robust scientific conclusions, based on a vast collection of broad, deep, and independent lines of evidence.  Your generation has a choice: to listen to these very serious, very sincere and very well trained communities -- or to be distracted by the buffoonery of talk radio and extreme partisan politicians.

Hope this helps.

Best,
rob davies 

February 8, 2011

Dale, Kristi, Katie, and Zach. Worked on script. Emailed questions to Professor Davies. Ideas for filming.





Set of Questions for Professor Davies

1.) Do you believe in Global Warming/Climate Change?
2.) What are you’re thoughts on the climagate scandal?
3.) What are you’re thoughts about the recent large snow storms in the Washington and New York area?
4.) What are the costs of putting solutions into actions to slow global warming?
5.) What are the costs of not solving global warming?

Set of Questions for USU Students

1.) Do you believe in Global Warming/Climate Change?
2.) What are you’re thoughts on the climagate scandal?
3.) So there has been large snowstorms in Washington, but here in Logan we aren't receiving any snow what so ever. Do you think that means “Global Warming” also known as Climate Change is in fact not happening? Why?
4.) How much do you think that  the costs of putting solutions into actions to slow global warming are going to be?
5.) Do you think there are going to be any costs of not solving global warming?

Materials needed for tomorrow-
Script fully wrote out
Flashlight/candle
Beach/Hawaii props
Fake snow?


Present Movie in the form as seen on John Stewart

Dale’s Intro- Inside on a desk, sports coat, tie, and swim trunks

Dale:      Hey it’s “This Guy” another talking head on your TV.
Where we tell you what YOU want to hear.
Never biased and always balanced
Today’s Spill Global Warming.


Katie: “Costs”
First reporter- Something with palm trees in the background.  
Funny joke playing off of dales thing( Hawaii)
Katie:    Is it hot? Is it cold? I’m not quite sure so I’ll let you the people decide
…….Or just read it from this teleprompter and handy notes
(talk about the costs)
Leads into clips regarding cost, Al Gore’s mansion, etc...

Show clips

Introduce Framing and Selective Perception then show fox’s clip on climate and then the Colbert Report

Katie: (comment on the costs/Gore’s mansion) Sending it back to you Dale.

Dale: (outside: running trucks...etc)    
Don’t get me wrong I’m just as worried about my carbon footprint and rising ocean levels as the next guy. That’s why I just bought a 9 million dollar, ocean view mansion, right next to Al Gore. Now we can watch those sea levels rise together.
(lead into snow storm/questioning of global warming)

Kristi: “Snowstorm”
Second Reporter- Funny joke playing off of dale’s thing. Introduce Selective Exposure  and Cultivation, show fox’s clip on snow storm and then Colbert Report.
Kristi- Im so scared right now, I think this is still  Alaska, but I have not seen the sun in 28 days. 28 days! Is the sun still working in your part of America?  ( flash light and candles) The sun has disappeared!
(lights out)
Back to you Dale where the sun still shines.

Dale:

Back to Dale to Introduce Third Reporter
??? Dale: “this is what the guys at NASA are saying about the climate”????
*http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/moist_convection.html
Facts regarding what NASA is predicting. Climate models and more.


Zach:  “Climigate”
Third Reporter- Funny joke off of dale’s thing. Introduce gate keeping and agenda setting. Show fox’s clip on the cost then show Colbert


FOXLEAKS: Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012150004
Fox Tries To Debunk Global Warming
http://mediamatters.org/research/201101270013

February 2, 2011

Dale, Katie, Kristi, and Zach. We came up with a more solid outline and found a few more sources to add to the information. Kristi and Katie emailed Dr. Davies of USU, a climate change professor, and asked him to do an interview with us. Dale and Zach wrote more for a script for reporters for the video and we all brainstormed ideas for the video.


3 FOCUS POINTS

1.) The cost of both sides

a.) Al Gores house, http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/tag/al-gore-new-house-california/ Pictures of both masions

b.)Colbert report of Al, *Clip about how much money it will cost to fix global warming with Al Gore, Republican vs. Democratic http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255173/november-04-2009/formidable-opponent---global-warming-with-al-gore

*http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
NASA article about global warming

c.) http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=5405&source=ggad&gclid=CJPG_eqG6KYCFRBNgwodlyuNzw

Article saying it would be minimal cost to fix global warming

d.) http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2008/0327/p17s01-sten.html--havent read this article, but it looked good

2.) The “climigate”

    a.)http://video.foxnews.com/v/4476065/global-warming-or-cooling

    b.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaLU8g8VA4

c.)http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-1-2009/scientists-hide-global-warming-dat

                                         

d.) Dr. Davies Interview https://www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped/htm/jan-21-climate-series-earths-changing-climate

3.) The snow storm

    a.) John Stewart-http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm

b.)Colbert clips- http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard

c.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7-k-RXvSQ

d.)http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/12/reconciling-record-snow-storms-global-warming/

-“Joseph Romm, a climate change expert and former Energy Department official; Jeff Masters, a meteorologist who writes on the Weather Underground blog; and others argue that this winter's snowstorms are, counterintuitively, evidence of global warming and not cooling.”
-"It's absurd for the 'anti-science side' to say we're in a cooling trend when we're in an overall warming trend," says Romm of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. "Heavy snow is not evidence that climate science is false," he added, noting that "the snow we've seen is entirely consistent with global warming theory."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/12/reconciling-record-snow-storms-global-warming#ixzz1CqvVwG8B


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/12/reconciling-record-snow-storms-global-warming#ixzz1Cqv9YOc4



Present movie in the form as seen on john Stewart

Dale’s Intro-
Dale:      Hey it’s “This Guy” another talking head on your TV.
Where we tell you what YOU want to hear.
Never biased and always balanced
Today’s Spill Global Warming.




First reporter- Funny joke playing off of dales thing( Hawii)
Katie:    Is it hot? Is it cold? I’m not quite sure so I’ll let you the people decide
…….Or just read from this teleprompter and handy notes
Introduce Framing and Selective Perception then show fox’s clip on climate and then show colbert

Back to Dale to to introduce second reporter
Dale:      Don’t get me wrong I’m just as worried about my carbon footprint and rising ocean levels as the next guy.
               That’s why I just bought a 9 million dollar, ocean view mansion, right next to Al Gore.
               Now we can watch those sea levels rise together.



Second Reporter- Funny joke playing off of dale’s thing ( in Alaska). Introduce Selective Exposure  and Cultivation, show fox’s clip on snow storm and then clobert snow.
Kristi- Im so scared right now, I think this is still  Alaska, but I have not seen the sun in 28 days. 28 days! Is the sun still working in your part of America?  ( flash light and candles) The sun has disappeared!
(lights out)
Back to you Dale where the sun still shines.

Back to Dale to Introduce Third Reporter
Dale: “this is what the guys at NASA are saying about the climate”????
*http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/moist_convection.html
Facts regarding what NASA is predicting. Climate models and more.

Third Reporter- Funny joke off of dale’s thing ( In the dark). Introduce gate keeping and agenda setting. Show fox’s clip on the cost then show colbert


FOXLEAKS: Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012150004
Fox Tries To Debunk Global Warming
http://mediamatters.org/research/201101270013

We have each found 2 articles for and against Global Warming including clips of Colbert, John Stewart, Glenn Beck and Fox News

Zach Sources
http://www.factcheck.org/tag/global-warming/
http://www.factcheck.org/society/can_you_prevent_global_warming.html
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1706
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4512953/arctic-blast-proof-of-global-warming
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-1-2009/scientists-hide-global-warming-data
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/videos/jon-stewart-tackles-global-warming-deniers
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/12/palin-vs-gore-climate-showdown/
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/

Kristi’s Sources
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250571,00.html
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/232654/july-02-2009/the-word---ban-de-soleil
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012150004
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586122,00.html
https://www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped/htm/jan-21-climate-series-earths-changing-climate
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/06/al-gores-mansion/


Present movie in the form as seen on john Stewart

3 things to focus on during the movie
1.) The cost of both sides

a.) Al Gores house, http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/tag/al-gore-new-house-california/ Pictures of both masions

b.)Colbert report of Al, *Clip about how much money it will cost to fix global warming with Al Gore, Republican vs Democratichttp://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255173/november-04-2009/formidable-opponent---global-warming-with-al-gore
*http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
NASA article about global warming

2.) The “climigate”

    a.)http://video.foxnews.com/v/4476065/global-warming-or-cooling

    b.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaLU8g8VA4
    c.)http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-1-2009/scientists-hide-global-warming-dat
                                          d.)https://www.usu.edu/science/unwrapped/htm/jan-21-climate-series-earths-changing-climate

3.) The snow storm
    b.) John Stewart-http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm

c.)Colbert clips- http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264085/february-10-2010/we-re-off-to-see-the-blizzard

D.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7-k-RXvSQ

E.)

Katie’s Sources
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqTd0g48ZY4
Fox News video, classroom

*http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Kids site to teach about global warming

*http://globalwarming.com/
Different topics on global warming

*Clip about how much money it will cost to fix global warming with Al Gore, Republican vs Democratichttp://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255173/november-04-2009/formidable-opponent---global-warming-with-al-gore
*http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
NASA article about global warming

*http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/grnhse.html
Greenhouse effect and global warming

*http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7h.html
Greenhouse article
*http://www.google.com/images?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=greenhouse+effect&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=czFGTZPhE4T0tgPult26Cg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CEUQsAQwAg&biw=1680&bih=847
Pictures of Greenhouse effect

*http://www.google.com/images?q=global+warming&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=LjJGTdLDGZCosQOS5Ny4Cg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CFAQsAQwAg&biw=1680&bih=847
Pictures of Global warming

*http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/
Facts about global warming via national geographic


Intro-