Issue Mapping for an Ageing Europe

Rogers, Richard; Sánchez-Querubín, Natalia; Kil, Aleksandra

doi:10.5117/9789089647160

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“…Jeremy Crampton, in his studies on critical cartography and neo-cartography, defines maps 'as ways of making spatial knowledge instead of ways of mirroring a territory' [53], [49] (p. 25). They "perform by constructing visual claims and telling hardly arguable, or often unassailable, stories capable of exercising power with a high degree of efficiency" [53], [49] (p. 25). Maps themselves reflect "artificial political and social agreements" [53], [49] (p. 25).…”

Section: Tools For Digital Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tommaso Venturini complements Latour's work by introducing 'controversy mapping', a type of issue mapping also rooted in actor-network theory, where "collective life becomes a complex disagreement in which the actors proliferate claims and concerns and when the most crucial beliefs are questioned" [49] (p. 18). In controversies, actors are continuously engaged in tying and untying relations and arguing categories and identities, thereby revealing the fabric of collective existence [50].…”

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bruno Latour posits the 'social' not as a static, pre-determined structure but as the fluid movement of different actors continuously debating, associating and assembling. This movement itself appears as the 'social' or 'society', but is instead a reflection of actors in constant motion shaping and re-shaping the state of affairs [48,49] (p. 15).…”

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A controversy map typically starts with a statement from which to build a corpus of documents related to the issue to be mapped. In mapping controversies, or arguments surrounding a debate, one should "move from statements to literature, to actors and their networks, and to the cosmoses (ideologies) and cosmopolitics (construction of a collective, however temporary)" [49] (p. 18), [50].…”

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[4][5] Thus, when viewed through such a lens, media representations also reflect a non-static framework influenced by different actors, where some have greater leverage over others to ensure that their voices are amplified and reflected back to a larger audience. Latour advises the researcher to discern which actors are intermediaries, which he defines as those who "transport meaning or force without transformation" [48] (p. 39), versus mediators who "transform, translate, distort, and modify the meaning or the elements they are supposed to carry" [48] (p. 39), [49] (pp. [17][18].…”

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Portrayals in Print: Media Depictions of the Informal Sector’s Involvement in Managing E-Waste in India

Radulovic

2018

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For over a decade, media stories have exposed health and environmental harm caused by informal electronics recycling in less industrialized countries. Greater awareness of these risks helped inform regulations across the globe and the development of recycling standards. Yet, media depictions also shape public perceptions of informal workers and their role in handling electronic waste, or e-waste. This paper examines how mainstream print media describes the informal sector's involvement in handling e-waste in India, especially as policymakers and other stakeholders currently grapple with how to integrate informal workers into formal, more transparent e-waste management schemes. This study evaluates depictions of the informal sector in print articles from both non-Indian and Indian news media outlets, employing controversy mapping principles and digital research tools. Findings may help inform stakeholder agendas seeking to influence public awareness on how to integrate informal workers into viable e-waste management solutions. Subsequent research based on these results could also help stakeholders understand the actors and networks that shape such media depictions. Results from the dataset show that most news articles describe informal workers negatively or problematically due to activities causing health risks and environmental damage, but usually do not discern which activities in the value chain (e.g., collection, dismantling, metals extraction) represent the greatest risks. Comparatively fewer articles portray informal workers positively or as contributing to e-waste solutions. Most articles also do not explain challenges that arise when working with informal workers. As such, media depictions today often lag behind policy debates and obscure multiple facets-good and bad-of the informal sector's involvement in managing e-waste. Thus, an opportunity exists for policymakers, manufacturers, and advocacy groups to bridge the gap between current media representations of informal workers' involvement in e-waste management and policy recommendations surrounding their role.

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Section: Tools For Digital Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Issue Mapping Actor-network-theory and Controversy Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%