A Comparison of Environmental Pollution Coverage in the Mainstream, African American, and Other Alternative Press

Kenix, Linda Jean

doi:10.1080/10646170590915862

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“…The two cities where the newspaper firms are based (Crest and Die) are well represented. Many local issues attract the attention of newspapers due to their geographic proximity (Kenix 2005). Llasat et al (2007) showed that events in urban areas receive greater coverage than those in rural areas; however, the Drôme basin showed a different pattern.…”

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The Achievement of a Decentralized Water Management Through Stakeholder Participation: An Example from the Drôme River Catchment Area in France (1981–2008)

Comby

Lay

Piégay

2014

Environmental Management

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Different water Acts (e.g., the European Water Framework Directive) and stakeholders involved in aquatic affairs have promoted integrated river basin management over recent decades. However, few studies have provided feedback on these policies. The aim of the current article is to fill this gap by exploring how local newspapers reflect the implementation of a broad public participation within a catchment of France known for its innovation with regard to this domain. The media coverage of a water management strategy in the Drôme watershed from 1981 to 2008 was investigated using a content analysis and a geographic information system. We sought to determine what public participation and decentralized decision-making can be in practice. The results showed that this policy was integrated because of its social perspective, the high number of involved stakeholders, the willingness to handle water issues, and the local scale suitable for participation. We emphasized the prominence of the watershed scale guaranteed by the local water authority. This area was also characterized by compromise, arrangements, and power dynamics on a fine scale. We examined the most politically engaged writings regarding water management, which topics of each group emphasized, and how the groups agreed and disagreed on issues based on their values and context. The temporal pattern of participation implementation was progressive but worked by fits and starts.

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Section: Questioning Integration At the Watershed Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

The Achievement of a Decentralized Water Management Through Stakeholder Participation: An Example from the Drôme River Catchment Area in France (1981–2008)

Comby

Lay

Piégay

2014

Environmental Management

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“…Despite the region’s common water challenges due to water scarcity, increasing and conflicting water demands, and forces compromising water quality, there seems to be a local nuance to newspaper coverage of water. Thus, this study suggests that despite documented trends of one‐dimensional media and a loss of social responsibility to distinctive communities (Kenix ) there still remains a hybrid geography (Howe ) or local “flavor” that differentiates local newspaper coverage of water issues. Together, these seven newspapers from the core of the Intermountain West region paint a picture of some common water challenges, along with unique local experiences, and consideration of broader national and international water issues.…”

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“…Previously published findings of geographic variation in news coverage surrounding environmental issues are relatively consistent with the broader research literature concerning regional news coverage. While globalizing forces such as media mergers and commercial interests create pressures for more generic coverage in newspapers (Kenix ), newspapers represent regional power dynamics in their allocation of space to news items (McGregor ). Therefore, newspapers create “hybrid geographies” reflecting “both real space and nonspatial characteristics of news consumers” (Howe , 43).…”

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Variations in Newspaper Coverage on Water in the U.S. Intermountain West

Flint

Wynn

Paveglio

et al. 2019

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Water is a salient issue in the Intermountain West of the United States (U.S.), with concerns ranging from water scarcity and drought to intermittent flooding and water quality risks. This paper investigates coverage of water issues across seven newspapers in the core of the U.S. Intermountain West region. Newspapers have the potential to set agendas and influence perceived salience of issues among consumers. The Intermountain West region shares common concerns about water supply and demand, climate change, and water quality. We investigate whether or not local daily newspaper coverage of water issues provides a more local or regional sensitivity. Findings from this exploratory study reveal differences in water coverage across local daily newspapers. The overall volume of water‐related articles differed across newspapers as did proportion of articles on specific water topics and connecting issues. Coverage of local issues was more dominant than might be expected given mass media trends, but water geography in articles extended across the U.S. and the world in every newspaper studied. Variations in newspaper coverage of water issues suggests more local nuance persists despite the experience of common water issues across the region.

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“…Future research is needed to thoroughly examine these issues involving audience capacity to absorb complex or written health information on various breast cancer topics appearing in different channels. One content analysis of more than 1,000 newspaper articles about environmental pollution over three decades shows that the news coverage is overwhelmingly directed to the highly educated segment of the public rather than to the broad audience (Kenix, 2005). Covello and Peters (2002) assert that many women misperceive breast cancer health risks based on media information sources, and that this contributes to a lack of taking appropriate prevention measures.…”

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Breast Cancer News Coverage in Leading Media Outlets Focusing on Environmental Risks and Prevention

Atkin

Smith

McFeters

et al. 2008

Journal of Health Communication

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Breast cancer has a high profile in the news media, which are a major source of information for cancer patients and the general public. To determine the nature of breast cancer news coverage available to audiences, particularly on the topics of environmental risks and prevention, this content analysis measured a broad array of dimensions in 231 stories appearing in nine leading newspapers, newsmagazines, and television networks in 2003 and 2004. One fourth of all stories reported on various risks such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use. Very few items specifically addressed risks related to controllable lifestyle practices such as prepubertal obesity or chemical contaminants in the environment. About one third of the stories included prevention content, primarily focusing narrowly on use of pharmaceutical products. Little information described risk reduction via other individual preventive behaviors (e.g., diet, exercise, and smoking), parental protective measures, or collective actions to combat contamination sites. The more traditional categories of prevalence, detection, and treatment were featured in one third, one quarter, and two fifths of the news items, respectively. There were twice as many stories featuring personal narratives as statistical figures, and two thirds of all the news items cited expert medical professionals, researchers, or organizations. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are addressed.

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A Comparison of Environmental Pollution Coverage in the Mainstream, African American, and Other Alternative Press

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

The Achievement of a Decentralized Water Management Through Stakeholder Participation: An Example from the Drôme River Catchment Area in France (1981–2008)

The Achievement of a Decentralized Water Management Through Stakeholder Participation: An Example from the Drôme River Catchment Area in France (1981–2008)

Variations in Newspaper Coverage on Water in the U.S. Intermountain West

A Comprehensive Analysis of Breast Cancer News Coverage in Leading Media Outlets Focusing on Environmental Risks and Prevention

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