Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 9 ~ Issue 6 (2021)pp: 18-23 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org *Corresponding Author: Deepa Tattimani 18 | Page Research Paper The Role of Television in Creating Awareness About Climate Change Issues Among Women Deepa Tattimani Research Scholar Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura Sushma Naik Research Scholar Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura Prof. Onkaragouda Kakade Professor and Chairman Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura ABSTRACT The present study indicates the role of television in informing and communicating climate change. Environmental change is a long-haul change in the measurable dissemination of climate designs over periods running from decades to a great number of years. The main aim of this study is to know the utilization pattern of media among the respondents and to assess the role of television in creating awareness about climate change. For the present study, the descriptive research design is adopted and for the selection of the samples simple random techniques are used and a structured questionnaire schedule is designed for the collection of the primary data. The collected data will be analyzed through a statistical package for social sciences. KEYWORDS: Climate change, Awareness, Television, Media. Received 02 June, 2021; Revised: 14 June, 2021; Accepted 16 June, 2021 © The author(s) 2021. Published with open access at www.questjournals.org I. INTRODUCTION: Environmental change isn't a natural issue now. It has emerged as the major developmental challenge in the present society. Climate change defines the significant changes in the state of the atmosphere, temperature, wind patterns, and other measures in our surrounding environment. This change affects public health, social issues, economy, politics, public relations, and many other stages of life. In recent days, climate change has been mentioned as a change in the modern climate according to the context of environmental policy. Now, climate change becomes a major global concern. Naturally, climate changes from year to year. It is caused by both natural processes and human activities. Climate change has various consequences on planets, society, plant life, animal life, economy, business, and societal activities. Major environmental issues are air pollution, water pollution, land degradation, deforestation, water scarcity, decrease in groundwater level, and so on. These are the major challenges India faces these days. The rapid increase in the population, globalization, urbanization, and some other developments also leads to a burden on the environmental issues and their consequences. Media has played an important role in setting perceptions and creating awareness on environmental issues. “Government officials, scientists, journalists have shaped government policies for more than thirty years. When the world saw the picture of the earth, photographed from space during1960's, awareness of the earth as a whole system, fragile and finite, became a paradigm of our era” (Dryzek, 1997). This awareness was accompanied by an insight into environmental issues that our earth is facing. “Geographers argue that environmental issues today have drawn the attention of the common man as environmental derogation and