Framings and coverage of climate change in Swedish specialized farming magazines

Asplund, Therese; Hjerpe, Mattias; Wibeck, Victoria

doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0535-0

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“…The debate on bioenergy peaked in 2006 in the energy and forest journals, whereas the peak in the agricultural journal occurred in 2007. Findings from a previous study by Asplund et al (2013) on climate change perceptions in sector journals identified a similar trend in both magazines, ATL and Land. The similarities in the shift of attention identified in the results of both studies imply a strong link in the two sector journals between the debate on bioenergy and that on climate change.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 53%

“…Appearing in the results of this paper as a frame supported by several statements it can be regarded as a form of environmental rhetoric in bioenergy policy across all four sectors studied (forestry, agricultural, energy and transport). However, Asplund et al (2013) conclude that in farmers' journals, climate change is mainly framed as an opportunity rather than a challenge. This conclusion cannot be fully confirmed by our study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…It is argued that these specialised magazines allow for analysing frames that are communicated to a specific group of actors (Asplund et al, 2013). Using sector journals as objects of analysis is a response to the calls for more case-specific and audience-specific research (Moser, 2010;Whitmarsh and Lorenzoni, 2010).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This paper explores whether and how frames used within different sectors in Sweden concerned with bioenergy from forest products are driven by environmental objectives. It complements existing research on environmental policy integration (EPI) in bioenergy policies of political-administrative Swedish sectors by conducting a frame analysis of articles published in three journals in Sweden that represent the energy, agricultural and forestry sectors. Ten frames that were used consistently across the three sectors in the time period from 2001 to 2010 were identified. Environmental rhetoric, one of the prerequisites for EPI, was identified; however, it plays only a secondary role given that bioenergy frames focus mainly on economic objectives, presenting bioenergy as a means of increasing profitability.

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“…However, as climate change was found to represent a natural phenomenon that has always affected agricultural production, adaptation was seen as important. When participants framed climate change as a natural process, this implied that mitigation activities were deemed unnecessary -contrary to many proposals for Swedish agriculture from the Swedish Board of Agriculture (SBA, 2012), the news media (Olausson, 2009), and even farm magazines (Asplund et al, 2013). On a general level, there seemed to be a logical connection between how the farmers talked about climate change, their attention to certain elements, and their definitions of what is problematic coupled with suggestions for appropriate courses of action.…”

Section: Understanding Rationales For Action Due To Different Framesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Natural versus anthropogenic climate change: Swedish farmers’ joint construction of climate perceptions

Asplund

2014

Public Underst Sci

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While previous research into understandings of climate change has usually examined general public perceptions, this study offers an audience-specific departure point. This paper analyses how Swedish farmers perceive climate change and how they jointly shape their understandings. The agricultural sector is of special interest because it both contributes to and is directly affected by climate change. Through focus group discussions with Swedish farmers, this study finds that: 1) farmers relate to and understand climate change through their own experiences, and 2) climate change is understood either as a natural process subject to little or no human influence or as anthropogenic, 3) various communication tools contribute to the formation of natural and anthropogenic climate change frames. The article ends by discussing frame resonance and frame clash in public understandings of climate change, and by comparing potential similarities and differences in how various segments of the public make sense of climate change.

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“…Communicators have used images of polar bears sitting on melting ice-caps, droughts, flooding and more recently terrorism to instill fear (Asplund et al, 2013;O'Neill et al, 2013) and encourage climate friendly behavior (cf. Spence and Pidgeon, 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%