BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//conferences.acspri.org.au//2026//talk//JVNFMC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:AEST BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000326T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20050326T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20060402T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060401T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070325T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20070324T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20080406T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000827T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=8;UNTIL=20000826T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20071027T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20081005T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-2026-JVNFMC@conferences.acspri.org.au DTSTART;TZID=AEST:20261126T141500 DTEND;TZID=AEST:20261126T143000 DESCRIPTION:Previous climate change communication research has examined how news framing shapes attitudes\, emotions\, policy support\, and behaviora l intentions. However\, less attention has been paid to whether people wit h similar characteristics evaluate news using the same frame in similar wa ys and whether the factors associated with this similarity differ across f rames. Do conservatives evaluate climate news in ways similar to other con servatives\, and liberals in ways similar to other liberals? Or are simila r evaluations associated more with how people feel about climate change an d whom they trust for political information?\n\nThis study examines whethe r similarity in news quality evaluations is associated with similarities i n climate-related emotions (concern\, hope\, and anger)\, climate change k nowledge (perceived and objective knowledge)\, and political factors (poli tical ideology and political information-source trust). It also examines w hether these associations differ across climate change news frames.\n\nTo identify climate change news frames\, 7\,855 articles published between 20 21 and 2024 by six major national newspapers in South Korea were analyzed using semantic network analysis and CONCOR (CONvergence of iterated CORrel ations) analysis. Seven frames were identified: Harmful Impacts\, Human To uch\, Science\, Economic Consequence\, Responsibility & Accountability\, C limate Action\, and Power Battle. A web survey of 621 South Korean adults then measured participants’ evaluations of news stories representing eac h frame. Pairwise similarity matrices were constructed\, and separate Mult iple Regression Quadratic Assignment Procedure (MRQAP) models were estimat ed for each frame using the same set of variables.\n\nThe findings show th at the climate-related emotions associated with similar news quality evalu ations differed across frames. Similarity in concern was positively associ ated with evaluation similarity in Harmful Impacts\, Science\, Economic Co nsequence\, and Power Battle. Similarity in hope was positively associated with evaluation similarity in Harmful Impacts\, Human Touch\, Science\, a nd Economic Consequence. Similarity in anger was positively associated wit h evaluation similarity in Economic Consequence\, Responsibility & Account ability\, and Climate Action. These results show that different emotions w ere associated with similar evaluations depending on the frame used to pre sent climate change.\n\nClimate change knowledge showed distinct patterns across frames depending on whether it was subjective or objective. Similar ity in perceived knowledge was positively associated with evaluation simil arity in Harmful Impacts and Power Battle but negatively associated with i t in Climate Action. Similarity in objective knowledge was negatively asso ciated with evaluation similarity only in Economic Consequence. Perceived and objective knowledge were therefore associated with evaluation similari ty in different frames and showed no common pattern across all seven frame s.\n\nPolitical factors showed a clearer pattern. Similarity in political ideology was positively associated with evaluation similarity only in Resp onsibility & Accountability and Power Battle. By contrast\, similarity in political information-source trust was positively associated with evaluati on similarity across all seven frames. People who had similar levels of tr ust in political information sources were more likely to evaluate climate news similarly than people who merely shared a similar ideological positio n.\n\nThis study extends framing research by examining which shared audien ce characteristics are associated with similar evaluations of news using t he same frame. The findings suggest that similarity in climate news evalua tions is not explained by knowledge or political ideology alone. Climate-r elated emotions and trust in political information sources were also assoc iated with similar evaluations\, with political information-source trust s howing an association across all seven frames. Climate journalism should t herefore consider not only the factual and scientific information presente d in news but also the emotional and trust-based contexts through which au diences interpret it. In fragmented information environments\, differences in these contexts may shape whether audiences develop similar standards f or evaluating climate news across different frames. DTSTAMP:20261102T131115Z LOCATION:Sutherland Room SUMMARY:Who Evaluates Climate News Alike? The Role of Emotions and Climate Change Knowledge across Climate Change Frames - Gyeongju Hyun\, Sujin Choi URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/JVNFMC/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR