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News on Biodiversity? An Analysis of the Biodiversity Discourse in European News Outlets in 2010 and 2022 Cover

News on Biodiversity? An Analysis of the Biodiversity Discourse in European News Outlets in 2010 and 2022

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|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Overview of the selected news outlets per country and the number of search query returns per year.

COUNTRYNAME OF NEWS OUTLETNUMBER OF RETURNS IN
20102022
Austria (AT)Der Standard14196
Heute089
Kleine Zeitung073
Kronen Zeitung146
Kurier073
Czechia (CZ)Deník68859
MF DNES5na.
Hospodarske noviny (HN)1138
Lidove noviny699
Právo4na.
Germany (DE)Bild18
Die Zeit24363
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)40181
Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ)38159
Die Welt61108
Hungary (HU)Index2958
Magyar Nemzet4455
Origo36102
Telex027
Italy (IT)Il Fatto Quotidiano (IFQ)0153
Il Manifesto03360
Il sole 24 ore (24O)1231860
Corriere della sera (CDS)171027600
Avvenire256
The Netherlands (NL)Algemeen Dagblad0303
De Volkskrant2146
NRC4196
Trouw15299
De Telegraaf0na.
Norway (NO)Aftenposten640
Dagbladet016
Klassekampen02
Nationen028
VG010
Switzerland (CH)Tages Anzeiger (TA)0136
Le Matin0208
Blick039
Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ)0155
20 Minuten124
United Kingdom (UK)BBC911240
Daily Mail3773550
Financial Times (FT)3346
The Guardian4902420
The Metro182
The Sun087

[i] Notes: na. = the number of returns is not known.

Table 2

Overview of the results by country, year and code. The numbers reflect the share of the analysed articles referring to a particular code, rounded to 0.05. Higher values were coloured in darker grey.

AUSTRIACZECHIAGERMANYHUNGARYITALYTHE NETHERLANDSNORWAYSWITZERLANDUKALL
YEAR20222010202220102022201020222010202220102022202220222010202220102022
Articles analysed482642413130311143145037503353169385
Definition
Yes00000.050.0500.10.0500.10.10.050.050.20.050.05
Values
Anthropocentric0.40.250.650.40.350.250.70.750.50.20.20.750.350.650.60.400.50
Ecocentric0.350.70.40.70.20.850.40.650.30.550.250.650.150.40.30.650.35
Rhetorical function
Informing (only)0.250.40.150.150.250.150.0500.20.550.40.050.10.050.150.200.20
Persuading0.150.150.40.30.450.250.250.750.350.200.50.60.350.250.300.30
Accusing0.150.30.250.50.30.350.450.450.30.150.20.450.40.20.30.350.30
Entertaining00.1500.350.10.0500.20000.050.050.0500.150.05
Raising hope0.250.30.350.450.050.550.50.750.350.30.30.30.20.10.30.400.30
Warning0.40.350.50.50.250.650.60.650.30.150.250.50.350.60.60.500.40
Actors
Industry0.150.350.30.550.450.450.350.550.50.500.350.50.30.20.450.30
Scientists0.30.60.60.80.60.60.550.450.450.450.050.250.350.250.250.600.35
NGO0.30.20.250.350.40.250.30.350.650.150.10.250.650.150.20.250.35
Government0.30.20.450.40.60.50.40.450.750.550.20.750.850.30.250.400.50
General Public0.150.150.10.250.30.350.150.650.40.300.450.350.150.10.250.20
Finance00.10.150.150.10.10.300.20.050.10.150.150.50.350.200.15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1483 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 19, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 30, 2025
Published on: Nov 14, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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