Curb Your Enthusiasm: On Media Communication of Bioenergy and the Role of the News Media in Technology Diffusion

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe

doi:10.1080/17524032.2012.705309

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“…Media analyses serve as a useful method for examining public discourse about new technologies by examining their benefits as well as risks [13]. Relatively little research has examined media representations of either bioenergy or CCS [14][15][16]. Because BECCS is in its infancy, no research has done so.…”

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News Media Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage and Biomass: Perceptions and Possibilities

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Abstract:In the US, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has received most of its attention when coupled with the fossil fuel industry as a mitigation strategy for climate change. CCS, which is constituted as a broad suite of capture and sequestration technologies and techniques, does not preclude coupling with other energy industries such as bioenergy (bioenergy and CCS or BECCS). In this paper, we examined news media coverage of CCS and biomass individually in locations throughout the US where these technologies are being explored to determine how they are perceived and what possibilities lay in their coupling for climate change mitigation. From our analyses, we found that individually, both CCS and biomass are perceived generally as beneficial for energy development by the news media, though they are not often mentioned in combination. Combined references do, however, speak to their value for climate change mitigation and as an alternative to fossil fuels.

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News Media Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage and Biomass: Perceptions and Possibilities

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“…Her har fokus i stor grad ligget på medienes dekning av klimavitenskapen og klimaendringenes konsekvenser. Med noen unntak for studier som har studert enkeltteknologier som for eksempel bioenergi (Skjølsvold 2012), havvind (Heidenreich 2014) eller ovennevnte karbonfangst og -lagring, mangler studier av potensielle klimaløsningsforslag i offentligheten. Dynamikken i og mellom mangfoldige posisjoner har også vaert underutforsket.…”

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“…Ambisjonen om å etablere omfattende og effektive karbonmarkeder, og å sette en global pris på karbon, er nedfelt i den seneste klimameldingen som et av våre mest sentrale klimapolitiske virkemidler (Meld. St. 21 2011-2012. Kvotemekanismene som går under navnet felles gjennomføring (joint implementation) og den grønne utviklingsmekanismen (Clean Development Mechanism), gir mulighet for partene som har skrevet under Kyoto-avtalen til å få godskrevet kutt hjemme gjennom å investere i utslippsreduserende tiltak i henholdsvis andre Kyoto-land og i utviklingsland.…”

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Ti klimalogikker - En kvalitativ analyse av klimatiltak i norsk offentlig debatt (2007-2013)

Haugseth¹,

Huseby²,

Skjølsvold³

2016

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SammendragI denne analysen kategoriserer vi argumenter og kritikker som er reist i klimadebatten i den norske offentligheten fra 2007 til og med 2013. Kildene er basert på to ulike utvalg fra henholdsvis fagtidsskrifter og kronikk/debattstoff fra norsk rikspresse, og begge utvalgene tar utgangspunkt i publiserte tekster om klima og klimatiltak. Gjennom en datastøttet analyse påviser vi ti mer eller mindre distinkte logikker som brukes systematisk av ulike parter i det norske ordskiftet for å presentere, argumentere for og/eller kritisere ulike typer klimatiltak. Vi beskriver kvalitative og generelle moralske aspekter ved disse ti logikkene, før vi forklarer tre utviklingstrekk i perioden med eksempler fra empirien: (1) At markedstenkning (f.eks. kjøp og salg av CO2-kvoter) får mye kritikk gjennom perioden, og mindre omfang i utvalget mot slutten av perioden, (2) det vi kaller grønn tenkning er i vekst fram mot 2009-2010, men blir mindre utbredt etter disputter hvor bioenergi, skog, økologiske hensyn og klassisk naturvern settes opp mot hverandre, mens (3) mer konkrete klimatiltak med industrielle og teknologiske løsninger, dels med referanse til kommersielle produkter, får større plass.Nøkkelord: klima  kritikker  offentlighet  kvalitativ  pragmatisme (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) In this analysis we categorize arguments and criticisms raised in the climate debate in the Norwegian public from 2007 to 2013. The sources are based on two different samples based on published texts about climate and measures for reducing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Through a computer-assisted analysis we detect ten more or less distinct logics used systematically by various parties to present, advocate and / or criticize various types Abstract TEN CLIMATE LOGICS. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEASURES IN NORWEGIAN PUBLIC DEBATE

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“…They play a central role in the construction of meaning, and they represent, although partially, public concerns (Boykoff, 2009;Hansen, 2010;Lester, 2010;Ryghaug et al, 2011;Skjølsvold, 2012). In this paper, I regard news media as an arena in which sensemaking and contestation of environmental issues (such as offshore wind energy) take place.…”

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Out of Sight, out of Mind? Controversy over Offshore Wind Energy in Norway's News Media

Heidenreich

2016

Science as Culture

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News media are important reference points for public sense-making of emerging technology.In Norway, offshore wind can be considered an emerging technology. Siting renewable energy technology offshore is commonly regarded as a solution to onshore implementation problems, as development happens 'out of sight, out of mind' of the public. However, does moving renewable energy technology offshore really prevent controversy? How is emerging offshore wind technology made comprehensible in Norwegian news media? The dominance of supporting actors and arguments in the Norwegian news media discourse on offshore wind energy technology and the high prevalence of the argument that offshore wind should be noncontroversial due to its placement 'out of sight' suggest that the expectation that such technology will prevent controversy has been partly met. Still, the emerging technology has been accompanied by an evolving controversy, though with a different extent and focus than the controversy over onshore wind. Both supporting and opposing actors have made offshore wind energy technology comprehensible by employing economic, environmental and moral arguments. Economics has appeared as a privileged frame of interpretation used by both supporters and opponents. Environmental arguments have shifted their focus to biodiversity and global aspects such as sustainability and climate change, and lost their dominance relative to their role in onshore controversies.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm: On Media Communication of Bioenergy and the Role of the News Media in Technology Diffusion

Abstract: There is widespread agreement that the mitigation of climate changes requires societies

Cited by 42 publications

References 31 publications

News Media Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage and Biomass: Perceptions and Possibilities

News Media Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage and Biomass: Perceptions and Possibilities

Ti klimalogikker - En kvalitativ analyse av klimatiltak i norsk offentlig debatt (2007-2013)

Out of Sight, out of Mind? Controversy over Offshore Wind Energy in Norway's News Media

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