Mapping Climate Discourse Networks in the Coverage of China

While climate change issues can be socially constructed, observing this discursive process requires a specific perspective of mapping them. Identifying the newspapers as data sources is determined by the nature of China’s climate politics, media system and climate coverage. Using the interpretivist approach to discourse networks shows an innovative method of mapping climate discourses and their networks identified in the newspapers. By reflecting key elements of the discourse coalition approach, this work maps storylines, claim-makers, discourse networks, discursive structuration and institutionalisation of socially constructing climate change issues in China.