The press and issue framing in the Australian mining tax debate

Boulus, Paul; Dowding, Keith

doi:10.1080/10361146.2014.948378

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“…Conflict framing, in the case of mining, served to lower perceptions of conflict. Controversy about mining is not uncommon in the public discourse (Boulus and Dowding 2014;Zhang and Moffat 2015), and conflict, generally, is known to be overstated by powerful stakeholders and the news media Schuck et al 2016). …”

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“…As an example, a hypothetical news media headline about land use change without conflict framing may between extreme people and groups as opposed to outlining moderate positions and complexity (Levendusky and Malhotra 2016). The media is also known to, at times, display a preference for or against some agendas (Boulus and Dowding 2014) and in this "post-truth" era to increasingly prioritise appeals to emotion ahead of reporting facts (Higgins 2016;Suiter 2016).…”

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“…This is the arena where emergent issues are defined, and understandings of issues are shaped (Boulus and Dowding 2014). The media, however, is not a perfect vehicle for provision of balanced information.…”

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“…There are legitimate critiques about the limitations of considering the citizenry to be a homogeneous entity (Lester 2016). Despite this, public opinion is routinely assessed by polling, where the citizenry's sentiment is reported in terms of percent in support for or opposition to a proposal or policy (Boulus and Dowding 2014;Brulle et al 2012;Capstick et al 2015;Dunlap 1991). …”

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“…Public opinion is informed by the news media (Andsager 2000;Boulus and Dowding 2014;Corbett 2015;Lester 2016;Lyytimäki and Peltonen 2016;Neresini and Lorenzet 2016). This is the arena where emergent issues are defined, and understandings of issues are shaped (Boulus and Dowding 2014).…”

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

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Decision makers use public opinion as an indicator of social acceptance for land use changes. However, public opinion is informed by, inter alia, the media, which tends to “frame” issues of public interest in terms of social conflict rather than the substantive details of the issue. Previous research about the influence of conflict on public opinion about politics has yielded contradictory results about the effect of this “conflict framing.” Some studies have shown that conflict framing polarises public opinion, whereas others have found that it moderates public opinion. Similarly, there is no clear understanding of how conflict framing may affect public opinion about the social acceptance of land use changes. This study presents an experimental survey with a quota sample of the Australian population (n = 1,147) where fictional land use change headlines were manipulated to represent three levels of conflict framing (no conflict; conflict; and conflict between identified parties). The results showed that heightened conflict framing led to the strength of support or opposition for land use changes to become weaker. Importantly, these findings show that perceived social conflict can shape public opinion on land use change. As a consequence, public opinion may not represent genuine social acceptance of land use change in cases where conflict is pronounced in the media. This raises the need for attentiveness to disentangling the influence of conflict framing from the substantive issues of land use change.

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Political Institutions and Policy in Australia

Dowding

Martin

2016

Policy Agendas in Australia

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The press and issue framing in the Australian mining tax debate

Cited by 15 publications

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

Political Institutions and Policy in Australia

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