US press coverage of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident: Frames, sources and news domestication

Lazic, Dragana; Kaigo, Muneo

doi:10.1080/01296612.2013.11689975

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“…In a very different cultural context, the UK, Doyle (2007) has studied how the British media contributed to the recasting of nuclear energy as a low-carbon energy source. But much of the media studies on nuclear energy are focused on nuclear accidents coverage, with a particular focus on how the crisis situation of a nuclear disaster is conveyed, such as the Three Mile Island (for example, Rubin, 1987), Chernobyl (Gorney, 1992), and Fukushima nuclear accidents (Lazic & Kaigo, 2013;Gómez, Roses & Rivera, 2014). Ho (2016) provides an exhaustive overview of media discourses related to nuclear energy, standing out those in relation to climate change.…”

Section: News Coverage On Nuclear Energymentioning

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Exploring News Frames, Sources and Editorial Lines on Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear Energy in Spain

Sáez

Marco-Crespo

Álvarez-Villa

2018

Environmental Communication

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Abtract Five nuclear power plants with seven reactors operate in Spain, one of the countries in the EU in which support for nuclear power is weaker. For understanding the public debate about nuclear energy is essential to know media discourse. The aims of this investigation are to find out how news is provided on nuclear power from an environmental point of view, who are the sources is the nuclear debate and to determine the editorial line with regard to the use of nuclear power in the seven national Spanish newspaper during five years (2008-2012). Applying the technique of content analysis for data collection, a qualitative analysis is carried out which identifies news frames a priori defined taking a deductive approach. The results show that the environmental perspective on nuclear power is relatively unusual. Using an ecoefficient frame, it is defined as a clean source of energy. Politicians play the greatest role and party political use is made of the nuclear power issue. Spanish nuclear coverage emphasizes the views of interest groups rather than those of scientists and other experts, ecologists or citizens. Thus, the press doesn´t play the substantive role in public deliberation and doesn´t connect with the different interests and sensitivities existing in the public sphere about nuclear energy.

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Section: News Coverage On Nuclear Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring News Frames, Sources and Editorial Lines on Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear Energy in Spain

Sáez

Marco-Crespo

Álvarez-Villa

2018

Environmental Communication

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“…Scholars addressing information and knowledge production related to Fukushima have often avoided media content in favor of studying the practices and discourses of individual institutions, industries, citizen groups, social movements, or governments (Abe, 2013; Visschers and Wallquist, 2013; Weston, 2013). Scholars drawing on content analysis methods to analyze Fukushima discourse have compared media treatment of nuclear power across time (Schmidt et al, 2013) or place (Katchanovski, 2012); other studies have compared media type (Friedman, 2011; Yamamura, 2012) or focused on a small number of overarching discursive frames (Lazic, 2013; Lazic and Kaigo, 2013). This article is unique in its focus on the emergence of science- and knowledge-related media frames, the implications of this process for public engagement in nuclear energy policy, and its comparative approach.…”

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Post-Fukushima discourse in the US press: Quantified knowledge, the technical object, and a panicked public

Tollefson

2020

Public Underst Sci

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Many thought that the 11 March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan might be the end of the “global nuclear renaissance.” In Europe, mass media after Fukushima increasingly presented negative framing of nuclear energy and highlighted declining support for the nuclear industry. In the United States, however, nuclear production and public support for the industry remained steady. This article analyzes US media documents to understand the construction of public discourse on nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Through a content analysis of US newspapers, it demonstrates that post-Fukushima media framed the crisis in a way that privileged expert knowledge and opinion, while delegitimizing non-expert engagement with nuclear energy issues. A comparison between national newspapers and newspapers located in two regions with controversial nuclear plants and active anti-nuclear citizens’ movements additionally demonstrates the power and reach of the identified framework across the spectrum of views on nuclear power.

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“…An and Gower (2009) found that over 64% of analyzed news contained conflict frames. For example, U.S. newspapers framed the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis as a conflict that could induce audience cynicism (Lazic & Kaigo, 2013). Economic consequence frames report a crisis event in terms of the impact the crisis will have economically on individuals, groups, organizations, and nations (An & Gower, 2009;Neuman et al, 1992).…”

Section: Generic Framesmentioning

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Social Media Posts on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Explosion: A Comparative Analysis of Crisis Framing and Sentiments in Three Nations

Kang

Shim

Kim

2019

JICRCR

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This study explores the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explosion crisis by analyzing posts on Twitter in three nations: the United States, Australia, and South Korea. Using the perspectives of generic frames, issue-specific frames, cross-national frames, and user sentiment on Twitter, this study analyzes 600 posts (200 from each nation). Results reveal that Twitter posts frequently framed the crisis using attribution, morality, and conflict frames. Posts about the explosion were more professional frame oriented than national frame oriented. Negative sentiment was dominant in Twitter posts about the explosion. Morality, corporate breakdown, and customer concerns were highly associated with negative sentiment. The results demonstrate how global users respond to a corporate crisis. Study implications and suggestions are discussed.

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US press coverage of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident: Frames, sources and news domestication

Cited by 8 publications

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Exploring News Frames, Sources and Editorial Lines on Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear Energy in Spain

Exploring News Frames, Sources and Editorial Lines on Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear Energy in Spain

Post-Fukushima discourse in the US press: Quantified knowledge, the technical object, and a panicked public

Social Media Posts on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Explosion: A Comparative Analysis of Crisis Framing and Sentiments in Three Nations

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