Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Reflektif Journal of Social Sciences, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.51-61, 2026 (TRDizin)
Climate change has increasingly occupied a broader space across media platforms in recent years through diverse narrative forms.
This development enables climate change to be recognized and interpreted by the public, while also creating space for the discussion
of responsible actors and relations of responsibility. Elements such as visual codes, headlines, narrative structures, word choices, story
priorities, editing, framing, and cinematography play a significant role in shaping perceptions and awareness of the climate crisis. Alt-
hough film narratives have a more indirect impact compared to the informational power of news media, they serve a critical function
in raising awareness about climate change and in providing a framework for interpreting this issue.
This study examines the role of film narratives in shaping public understandings of climate change through the analytical framework
of framing theory. Adopting a qualitative research design, the study employs purposive sampling to select a corpus of films (Soylent
Green, The China Syndrome, Nuclear Winter, The Day After Tomorrow, Don’t Look Up, An Inconvenient Truth, Before the Flood,
First Reformed, and Okja). The analysis is based on qualitative content analysis and narrative examination, focusing on dominant
representations, discursive frames, and the types of solutions proposed within these narratives.