The Influence of Power in Climate Change Media: Framing Strategies and Field Dynamics of Institutional Actors, 1990-2015
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The Influence of Power in Climate Change Media: Framing Strategies and Field Dynamics of Institutional Actors, 1990-2015
Yazar:
Straub, Adam Michael, author.
ISBN:
9780438044371
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (103 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: J. Micah Roos Committee members: Riley E. Dunlap; Tamara L. Mix.
Özet:
This project provides an alternative theoretical perspective from which to assess the influence of power in media narrative construction of politically contentious issues, in this case, climate change. There has been a prolific amount of research addressing the problem of climate change. I argue that most of this research has neglected power as a key dimension in the persistence of climate change inaction. This neglect is a product of myriad factors: conceptual inconsistencies in the definition of "framing"; limitations to conventional analytic frameworks in situating media in larger social and political contexts; properly orienting key political actors and sponsors in the construction of framing strategies; and a lack of assessing the relationship of powerful actors and institutions through time. This project first orients key political actors in relation to one another and their role in the production of climate change discourse. Using Field Theory, I purport to properly situate institutional fields by considering coordinative and oppositional frames in the print news media. This theoretical framework allows me to construct a larger, dynamic constellation of social and political power, departing from traditional "agentic vs. hegemonic" dichotomous standpoints. To substantiate this I investigate a longitudinal analysis of media narratives from 1990--2015. I contend that these data demonstrate that climate change inaction is persistent because of surplus power and resources wielded by elite institutions, allowing them to permeate and elicit support from adjacent institutional fields. This effectively forestalls action in spite of both scientific consensus and public opinion advocating for regulatory intervention.
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School code: 0664
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