O’Byrne, EllieO’Sullivan, Cian2024-05-292024-05-292023https://dspace.griffith.ie/handle/123456789/546This dissertation comprises a content analysis of the Irish newsprint media’s reporting on Ireland’s energy sector. The purpose of the study is to gain as thorough a comprehension as possible of the news media’s viewpoint regarding Ireland’s energy sector by examining published articles on the topic and discerning whether there is an overall positive or negative outlook. The methodology used is a mixed-method approach, involving the use of quantitative research methods to collect data on specifically chosen news articles, as well as qualitative research methods to examine the content of the selected news articles. The purpose of the research was to gather an overall picture of the sentiment depicted by the Irish newsprint media towards the energy sector by examining the journalistic framings and news values exhibited in the reporting by Ireland’s two most prominent newspapers; the different slants of which would seem to reflect differing editorial approaches. With an examination of the differing strategies and framing devices used by the journalists who are authoring the selected articles for each publication, this dissertation then integrates these findings to suggest an overall journalistic concept or strategy adhered to by each publication, as well as depicting the overall tone and outlook on the energy sector presented to the Irish public by its leading newsprint media publications. The energy sector and the issue of Climate Change are intertwined topics in media reporting. The frequency of reports on these topics has continued to increase year on year as the detrimental effects of global warming continue to arise. These are timely and important topics that need to be addressed, particularly in the current sociopolitical climate, and this dissertation aims to make a modest contribution to the discussion of these issues.Irish newsprint mediaClimate ChangeThesis