1. Hans Mathias Kepplinger Richard Lemke
Communication in Conflicts: Instrumentalizing Fukushima

2. Media examined Germany Switzerland France United Kingdom
Germany
Switzerland
France
United Kingdom
National daily newspapers
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, taz, Die Welt
Tagesanzeiger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Le Monde, Le Figaro
Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Times
Tabloid papers
Bild
Blick -
The Sun
Weekly newspapers and magazines
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, SPIEGEL, Focus
Sonntagsblick, Weltwoche
Le Point,
Le Nouvelle
Observateur
Independent on Sunday, Observer, Sunday Telegraph
Total 10 5 4 8

3. Extent of entire coverage in quality newspapers
Germany
Switzer-land
France
United Kingdom SZ
FAZ TA
NZZ
Monde
Figaro
Guar-dian
Times
Articles
256
457
249
248
235
163
113 99
State-ments
438
553
372
570
431
155
174 87
Images
105 98 60 54 72 63 86 83

4. Emphasis on the earthquake, tsunami and reactor accident
- number of articles and images -

5. Emphasis on various aspects of the reactor accident
- number of articles -

6. Thematization of domestic nuclear energy
- number of articles dealing with “nuclear energy in own country” -

7. Influence of commentary bias on the representation of Fukushima’s relevance to domestic nuclear energy
Percentage of articles mentioning domestic nuclear energy among all articles that mention Fukushima
R2=.29; p<.05
Bias of statements
by journalists in comments

8. Influence of commentary bias on the tendency of coverage of nuclear energy
Bias of all statements in news
R2=.00; p=n.s.
Bias of statements
by journalists in comments

9. Influence of commentary bias on the presentation of experts
Bias of all expert statements in news
R2=.54; p<.01
Bias of statements by journalists in comments

10. Influence of commentary bias on the presentation of politicians’ opinions
Bias of all politicians’ statements in news
R2=.49; p<.05
Bias of statements
by journalists in comments