Running Head: POLARIZING NEWS Polarizing News? Representations of Threat and Efficacy in Leading U.S. Newspapers’ Coverage of Climate Change Lauren Feldman Rutgers University P. Sol Hart University of Michigan Tijana Milosevic University of Oslo Corresponding Author 1 Author Biographies 2 Funding Acknowledgement 3 1 Lauren Feldman, Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Email: lauren.feldman@rutgers.edu 2 Lauren Feldman is an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on political communication, science communication, and media effects. P. Sol Hart is an assistant professor in Communication Studies and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hart specializes in environmental, science, and risk communication. Tijana Milosevic is a postdoctoral researcher in children and media at the University of Oslo. She completed her doctoral dissertation titled "Cyberbullying Policies of Social Media Companies: Towards Digital Dignity" at American University, and her research focuses on children and media and social media policy. 3 This study was supported by the National Science Foundation (SES-1419604).