Analyzing climate change policy narratives with a characteristic framework

Narratives influence decision-making, especially when it comes to complex issues like climate change. What are the key elements of the narrative? This column presents a framework that combines the "dramatic triangle" with large language models. Studying U.S. tweets about climate change policy, the framework shows, for example, that narratives portraying the U.S. government as the villain and corporations as the heroes taking action are on the rise. Narratives that cater to popular (mis)perceptions and stereotypes to gain popularity are a tool of populists. (Kai Gehring)