Fracking in the German Press: Securing Energy Supply on the Eve of The ‘Energiewende’ – A Quantitative Framing-Based Analysis

Bigl, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/17524032.2016.1245207

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“…Briefly speaking, the commercial media framed the PNW controversy primarily in a "jobs vs. the environment" dichotomy and, to a lesser extent, a series of divergent opinions held by laidoff workers, Indigenous peoples, and environmental activists. In line with previous research (Jaspal and Nerlich, 2014;Bigl, 2017), in the commercial media coverage voices celebrating the economic and environmental benefits of LNG overwhelmed those addressing the serious threats posed by PNW to the environment and Indigenous sovereignty. For casual readers of LNG news-especially those primarily subscribe to Postmedia, the commercial media's PNW coverage was likely to distort their perception of it.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…In some cases, geopolitical concerns are more effective than economic factors in mobilizing public support for fracking. Bigl's (2017) analysis of fracking stories in the German press highlight that the potential challenge of securing Germany's energy supply against the backdrop of the Crimean crisis has played a central role in the construction of unbalanced reporting, with fracking related risks being consistently downplayed. In contrast, news depicting fracking as an "environmental concern" tend to focus on topics such as underground water contamination and its subsequent threat to public health.…”

Section: Reporting Frackingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Debating Resource-Driven Development: A Comparative Analysis of Media Coverage on the Pacific Northwest LNG Project in British Columbia

Chen

2020

Front. Commun.

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In Canada, the provincial government of British Columbia has been keen on building an export-oriented liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry since 2011. This paper examines media coverage of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project (PNW), which was considered as the flagship proposal leading the BC LNG development, until its abrupt cancellation in July 2017. The paper explores the differences between public, commercial, and independent media in energy reporting by tracing how six Canadian media outlets covered the rise and fall of PNW over a 36 month period. The comparative analysis reveals that when addressing the project's cancellation, fossil fuel advocates repeatedly deployed the "jobs killed by environmentalists" argument via opinion pieces appearing in commercial newspapers. This diagnosis, however, downplayed the far-reaching impacts of falling Asian LNG market conditions prior to the cancellation. By comparison, independent media played an important role in assisting LNG opponents to communicate PNW's fragile economic basis to a wide audience. Overall, these findings shed light upon the significance of independent media in supporting diverse news accounts of energy controversies.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Reporting Frackingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Debating Resource-Driven Development: A Comparative Analysis of Media Coverage on the Pacific Northwest LNG Project in British Columbia

Chen

2020

Front. Commun.

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“…Mercado et al (2014) recognize this pattern of coverage as emerging in the US and in the UK over a similar time. Journalists who engage with the issue as an economic "good, " outline in their stories the "benefits" of fracking for regional investment, job creation and, for the US regions specifically, the benefits of less dependence on the US state for their energy supply and fracking as a way to secure their financial futures (Bigl, 2017). Complementing the media discussion of economic benefit is journalists' reporting of environmental concerns with the fracking process (Blair et al, 2015).…”

Section: Reportingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fracturing Debate? A Review of Research on Media Coverage of “Fracking”

Matthews

Hansen

2018

Front. Commun.

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Hydraulic fracturing is an energy extraction process that is increasingly attracting controversy. This article seeks to outline how the media report hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking"), and to explore its place within the reporting of energy concerns generally. To this end, it draws on an environmental communication perspective to understand the media reporting of the issue and the processes that shape it. This review reveals that media reporting of fracking is partitioned broadly according to discussions of the economic benefits or the environmental risks associated with the process. Further, these observed patterns in the reporting appear to mirror the recognized claims made about the issue, and the influence from protests and online media alongside national polity on energy production and security. While there is evidence that the practices of journalists and the geographic, economic and political contexts of their news production environments shape the amounts and the types of news reporting, the publics' perceptions appear, somewhat knowledgeable, but largely ambivalent or undecided on the issue at present. Therefore, it is argued that future research must continue to examine the reporting of hydraulic fracturing, its context, production, and its wider reception to develop our understanding of the role of the media in national conversations on fracking, energy, and the environment.

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“…Although framing analysis can be employed in both quantitative and qualitative ways (e.g., Bigl, 2017; Sznitman & Lewis, 2015), Kuypers (2005) has noted that since framing is primarily a rhetorical act, it makes methodological sense to study instances of framing from a rhetorical perspective—especially through comparative analyses. By comparing the rhetorical strategies used by different actors to address the same issue or similar issues, we can identify and critically analyze the differences or similarities in framing techniques and the significances thereof.…”

Section: Frames and Rhetorical Framing Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Frames as Boundaries: Rhetorical Framing Analysis and the Confines of Public Discourse in Online News Coverage of Vegan Parenting

Phillips

2018

Journal of Communication Inquiry

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This article examines the boundary work of frames and the methodological significance of understanding this work when conducting rhetorical framing analysis. While the boundary properties of frames have been theorized by scholars, there remains a lack of clear engagement with how to effectively address these discursive boundaries methodically. I argue that agenda-dismissal, which makes use of both prolepses and blind spots, ought to be addressed in addition to agenda-setting and agenda-extension when conducting rhetorical framing analysis. A case study is provided in which the rhetorical framing of vegan parenting in online news media is analyzed and critiqued for confining the issue within a dominant health-based frame. Strategies for dismantling discursive boundaries and reframing public issues are also considered within the context of the case study.

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Fracking in the German Press: Securing Energy Supply on the Eve of The ‘Energiewende’ – A Quantitative Framing-Based Analysis

Cited by 17 publications

References 57 publications

Debating Resource-Driven Development: A Comparative Analysis of Media Coverage on the Pacific Northwest LNG Project in British Columbia

Debating Resource-Driven Development: A Comparative Analysis of Media Coverage on the Pacific Northwest LNG Project in British Columbia

Fracturing Debate? A Review of Research on Media Coverage of “Fracking”

Frames as Boundaries: Rhetorical Framing Analysis and the Confines of Public Discourse in Online News Coverage of Vegan Parenting

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