Title: Sustainable mobility and the US press: the newspaper coverage of electric vehicles (1995-2015)

Authors: Andrea Mangani; Barbara Pacini

Addresses: Department of Political Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy ' Department of Political Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy

Abstract: Scholars have long debated about the economy-environment trade-off, for which the economic conditions affect the attention of citizens and mass media towards environmental issues. This paper explores this theme within the US press and studies which factors are associated with the media coverage of electric vehicles (EVs) in four major national newspapers between 1995 and 2015. According to the empirical estimates, the media attention towards EVs shows a weak association with good economic conditions, policy initiatives in support of sustainable mobility, and tenures of Democratic presidents.

Keywords: electric vehicles; sustainable transport; media coverage; newspapers; time series; panel analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2021.115292

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2021 Vol.21 No.1, pp.19 - 36

Received: 02 Aug 2020
Accepted: 23 Feb 2021
Published online: 26 May 2021 *

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