Constructing an environmental problem: claims-making in the Brisbane River dredging dispute

Jakku, Emma; Burch, David; Rickson, Roy E.

doi:10.1080/14486563.2009.10648758

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“…As many academics would agree, the expectations of research, hypothesis building, and substantiation requires disciplined inquiry (Economic and Social Research Council, 2009). The ethical concerns of claims making exists in a wide range of sectors of economic and public activity, from social science method (Gillespie & Leffler, 1987) to environmental disputes (Jakku, David, & Roy, 2009) and the falsification of data in health care (Jones et al, 2003). The failure to provide robust evidence, to substantiate, corroborate, and authenticate claims might be considered unethical for a number of reasons.…”

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Scientific Method and the Regulation of Health and Nutritional Claims by the European Food Safety Authority

Hoad

2011

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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The protection of European consumers from the false or misleading scientific and nutritional claims of food manufacturers took a step forward with the recent opinions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). As a risk assessment agency, the EFSA recently assessed and rejected a vast number of food claim forcing the withdrawal of many claims from leading manufacturers. Focusing on the functional food sector, consumer protection issues, and market impacts, this article looks into the role of the EFSA and examines the rejection of claims based on bad and misleading science and outlines how the EFSA map claims and distinguishes between the good and bad scientific methods.

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Section: Claims Making Overviewmentioning

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Scientific Method and the Regulation of Health and Nutritional Claims by the European Food Safety Authority

Hoad

2011

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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“…Although it is common for this journal to offer studies that have used discourse analysis to examine different constructions of environmental problems (such as Brueckner et al 2006;Hytten & Burns 2007;Jakku et al 2009), we anticipate that our target audience may not be not familiar with the concepts of discourse analysis and has probably trained in the natural sciences with their preferences for quantitative, numerically based approaches to analysis (Ashley & Boyd 2006).…”

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A missed opportunity: understanding community stakeholders' perspectives

Walton

Rivers

2011

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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Resource companies are moving increasingly toward transformational engagement with their community stakeholders, where they have joint learning and sense-making of the issues. A key antecedent to successful engagement at this level is ensuring that the company has an understanding of the perspectives of the community stakeholders and the meaning behind statements made by them. In this paper, we present a three-step meanings-based analysis technique that can help companies better understand their community stakeholders' perspective in the initial stage of the engagement process. We describe each step and demonstrate the application to public submissions about the Nevis River in New Zealand, and explain how they differ from conventional issue or stakeholder analysis. The first step is to generate text sufficiently rich that it can be analysed for meaning. The other two steps of the analysis are to generate a set of statements used by stakeholders to describe their sense of the issue and then to identify the positions that stakeholders adopt in relation to the issue. Applying the technique can enhance understanding of community stakeholders' perspectives and move a resource company toward transformational engagement.

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“…However, besides the governmental efforts, there are different stakeholders who contribute in some or other way in defining the environmental problems. The cultural, economic, historical factors along with the competing interests of different claim-makers contribute in social construction of environmental problems (Jakku & Rickson, 2009). Moreover, different social and political forces also facilitate the process of construction of environmental problems into legitimate social problems (McCright & Dunalp, 2012).…”

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The Role of Claim-Makers in Media Coverage of Environmental Problems in Pakistan

Hingorjo

Memon

2021

Progressive Research Journal of Arts & Humanities

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Media coverage plays an important role in social construction of environmental issues all over the world. The coverage is often triggered by the claim-makers who play an active role in highlighting the environmental issues in media. In this context, this study is aimed at analyzing the role of claim-makers in media coverage of the environmental problems in Pakistan. The region of Indus Delta is selected as a case study for this research because this deltaic area is considered as one of the most highly productive eco-region of the country that is facing several environmental threats. The study provides the perspective of journalists covering the Indus Delta about the role of non-governmental organizations, political parties, community groups and concerned governmental bodies and departments in making the environmental problems of the region more news worthy for local and national media. Then the main themes of the data were analyzed and interpreted to answer the research questions of the study.

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Constructing an environmental problem: claims-making in the Brisbane River dredging dispute

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Scientific Method and the Regulation of Health and Nutritional Claims by the European Food Safety Authority

Scientific Method and the Regulation of Health and Nutritional Claims by the European Food Safety Authority

A missed opportunity: understanding community stakeholders' perspectives

The Role of Claim-Makers in Media Coverage of Environmental Problems in Pakistan

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