Media coverage and government policy of nuclear power in the People's Republic of China

Wang, Yongxiang; Li, Nan; Li, Jingping

doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.07.007

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“…But at the same time, in quite a number of cases this media disclosure does not come easily and/or is suppressed and prevented by local authorities and enterprises [19,61 ,62]. Several studies show that environmental media reporting can still be strongly framed and controlled by Beijing, such as in the case of nuclear power [20,21,63,64].…”

Section: Current Opinion In Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Transparency and information disclosure in China's environmental governance

Zhang

Mol

2016

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Section: Current Opinion In Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

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Transparency and information disclosure in China's environmental governance

Zhang

Mol

2016

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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“…However, China is a special case, and the analyzed media outlets were state owned. The authors themselves point out that this is a limiting factor of their study (Wang, Li, & Li, ). Given those results, it seems that the tone of nuclear energy is a function of a recent critical event.…”

Section: Media Reality and Nuclear Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Characteristics of the mass media's coverage of nuclear energy and its risk: A literature review

Kristiansen

2017

Sociology Compass

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Media coverage of nuclear energy is a crucial source of information about the risk of nuclear energy for the general public. As a result, scholars of communication science are very interested in the media's coverage of the nuclear energy risk. This literature review provides an overview of the state of research in this field. This article will describe the findings of empirical research and focus on how much attention the nuclear energy issue receives from the media, the tone in which it is communicated, how it is framed, and how the media depict the risk of this technology. It also argues that empirical risk‐coverage studies would be more informative if they took a broader perspective on risk. Finally, it will discuss areas for future research.

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“…In fact, as China has endeavoured to achieve world's best standards in nuclear safety, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concludes high confidence on China's nuclear safety regulation system (World Nuclear Association, 2014). 8 The FNA received immediate and extensive coverage in Chinese media such as newspapers, television, internet and state radio (He et al, 2014, Thomson, 2011, Wang et al, 2014. The Chinese public became more aware of the advantages and limitations of nuclear power plants.…”

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“…In response to the FNA and the subsequent rising concern of the general public over the safety of nuclear power, the State Council announced its decision to temporarily suspend the approval of new nuclear power plants. The authorities also decided to conduct a comprehensive safety check of all nuclear power plants, which were all found to be safe after the inspection (He et al, 2014, Wang et al, 2014. The national policy toward nuclear energy changed from "positive development" in 2004 to "steady development with safety" between 2011 and 2012.…”

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Fear of nuclear power? Evidence from Fukushima nuclear accident and land markets in China

Zhu

Deng

Zhu

et al. 2016

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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JEL classification: H50 O18 Q40 Q53 R30 Keywords: Fukushima nuclear accident Nuclear energy Environment Land market China A B S T R A C TThis paper examines whether the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident (FNA) changed the Chinese public's attitude toward nuclear energy by studying transactions in land markets near nuclear power plants in China. Using a data set that matched the details of all nuclear reactors in China with information on land transactions around them before and after the FNA, we find that the accident had dynamic effects on land markets in China. Land prices within 40 km of nuclear power plants dropped by about 18% one month after the nuclear accident. However, the impact of FNA decreased over the longer term, eventually becoming statistically insignificant. Also, the impacts of the disaster varied with plant characteristics such as operating status, construction year, and size.

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Media coverage and government policy of nuclear power in the People's Republic of China

Cited by 27 publications

References 44 publications

Transparency and information disclosure in China's environmental governance

Transparency and information disclosure in China's environmental governance

Characteristics of the mass media's coverage of nuclear energy and its risk: A literature review

Fear of nuclear power? Evidence from Fukushima nuclear accident and land markets in China

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