Constructing the Millennial Other in United States Press Coverage of the Green New Deal

The research finds that both The New York Times and Wall Street Journal frame the Green New Deal as a "dangerous policy" by depicting its Millennial supporters as "extremist Millennial “Others.”" This discursive strategy of casting supporters as a threat is used to discredit the policy's viability and promote a market-based carbon tax as the only viable solution, thereby suppressing a diversity of political perspectives and stunting agonistic media pluralism.

• The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both characterize the Green New Deal as a dangerous policy advocated by extremist Millennial "Others," using strategies of positioning, de/legitimization, and naturalization to frame supporters as a threat in the post-2016 US political environment.
• The portrayal of Millennial supporters as a threat serves to marginalize the Green New Deal and elevate the market-based carbon tax as the sole viable path forward.

APA

Morris, H. E. (2020). Constructing the Millennial Other in United States Press Coverage of the Green New Deal. Climate Social Science Network. https://cssn.org/constructing-the-millennial-other-in-united-states-press-coverage-of-the-green-new-deal/

Chicago

Morris, Hanna E. Constructing the Millennial Other in United States Press Coverage of the Green New Deal. Climate Social Science Network, 2020. https://cssn.org/constructing-the-millennial-other-in-united-states-press-coverage-of-the-green-new-deal/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{morris2020constructing, author = {Morris, Hanna E.}, title = {{Constructing the Millennial Other in United States Press Coverage of the Green New Deal}}, institution = {Climate Social Science Network}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://cssn.org/constructing-the-millennial-other-in-united-states-press-coverage-of-the-green-new-deal/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }