Have you been to ‘The Arctic’? Frame theory and the role of media coverage in shaping Arctic discourse

Pincus, R.; Ali, Saleem H.

doi:10.1080/1088937x.2016.1184722

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“…The lack of description or definition of mercury in many of the articles could contribute to the public not fully understanding the issue, particularly because contaminants and pollution are fairly recent issues in the region. Research by Pincus & Ali (2016) indicates that regional and collaborative decision-making about risks in the Arctic requires an informed public. Therefore, it is critical that those responsible for communicating about the risk unpack the complex nature of contaminants to provide clear and effective messaging, and empower people with the knowledge needed to mitigate the risk.…”

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“…People in the South have little direct experience with Arctic circumstances and events (Greenberg 2002). Therefore, southern populations often rely on the media for information about Arctic issues (Pincus & Ali 2016). Despite the fact that the media plays an important role in presenting Arctic issues, there have been few studies that have explored media treatment of Arctic issues to date (Pincus & Ali 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, southern populations often rely on the media for information about Arctic issues (Pincus & Ali 2016). Despite the fact that the media plays an important role in presenting Arctic issues, there have been few studies that have explored media treatment of Arctic issues to date (Pincus & Ali 2016). It is especially important for public health officials to understand how the media portrays health risks (Green 2004;Lundgren & McMakin 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Media coverage of mercury contamination in the Canadian Arctic

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Mercury contamination in the Canadian Arctic is a significant concern. Some traditional food sources are contaminated by mercury and pose a health risk to local residents. Media can affect public awareness and opinions of environmental health risks. Therefore, it is important to understand how the risks associated with contaminants are communicated through the media. To better understand how the issue of mercury contamination in the Arctic has been presented in the media, a content analysis was conducted across 14 newspapers in the Canadian North and South. We examined how news sources presented the health risks of mercury in the Arctic, how mercury was defined, if pathways for self-efficacy (i.e., how a person can reduce his or her exposure to a hazard) were provided and who was quoted as an information source. Results demonstrate that few Indigenous people were cited as information sources, articles often failed to describe mercury to the reader and many did not provide direction to support self-efficacy. This study provides insight into how newspapers have communicated about mercury in the Canadian Arctic and suggests specific ways that this communication can be improved.

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Media coverage of mercury contamination in the Canadian Arctic

2019

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“…It is debatable how vulnerable and geopolitically tense the Arctic is currently (Young 2008, Sharp 2011, Coffey 2012 A key policy challenge is how to link some of the major issues that may be looming on the northern horizon with everyday concerns of these coastal communities. Media plays a key role in shaping discourses about the North (Pincus & Ali 2016), and policy makers and managers can have a tendency to pay more attention to these, than to factual knowledge about more representative public outlooks on the future. The Lofoten -Vesterålen region faces some hard decisions about how to best use its natural resource base in a sustainable way.The lack of local concern about environmental ramifications points to the need for increasing public awareness around the complexity of how multiple drivers in concert affect future livelihoods.…”

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Complacency or resilience? Perceptions of environmental and social change in Lofoten and Vesterålen in northern Norway

Kaltenborn

Linnell

Thomassen

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Those kinds of representations conveyed by popular narratives, the media, films and myths are typically representative of what the Arctic in tourism is all about (see Fjellestad, 2016;Saeþórsdóttir, Hall & Saarinen, 2011;Wilson Rowe, 2013). However, these hegemonic images of the Arctic have often been created and steered from outside the region, by outsiders, for outsiders (see Pincus & Ali, 2016;Viken, 2013). As a result, the Arctic is usually understood and depicted as a singular and peripheral space (Dittmer et al, 2011).…”

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The Arctic in tourism: complementing and contesting perspectives on tourism in the Arctic

Saarinen

Varnajot

2019

Polar Geography

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The economic and political importance of the Arctic has grown considerably in recent decades, and the region's role and visibility in tourism has also significantly increased. The idea of Arctic tourism has been discussed in academia for a long time, but there is no consensus on the definition of the concept. This review paper aims to discuss different perspectives on tourism in the Arctic by utilising literature and selected examples. The outlined perspectives are spatial, produced and experienced Arctic tourism. They are interrelated and, thus, partly complementary, but they can also challenge each other. The perspectives demonstrate different ways to approach and understand various characteristics of Arctic tourism and diversity in tourism in the Arctic. All perspectives of the Arctic in tourism involve both benefits and limitations when thinking about what Arctic tourismis and what it involves. The paper concludes that there is a need to acknowledge the diversity of the Arctic as a changing idea and a geographical region in and for tourism. By acknowledging this, the Arctic would not be characterised mainly by static or external views in tourism but also by internal needs, knowledge, dynamics and concerns for sustainable tourism development in the region.

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Have you been to ‘The Arctic’? Frame theory and the role of media coverage in shaping Arctic discourse

Cited by 22 publications

References 37 publications

Media coverage of mercury contamination in the Canadian Arctic

Media coverage of mercury contamination in the Canadian Arctic

Complacency or resilience? Perceptions of environmental and social change in Lofoten and Vesterålen in northern Norway

The Arctic in tourism: complementing and contesting perspectives on tourism in the Arctic

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