Covering Wildfires
Media Emphasis and Silence after the Carlton and Okanogan Complex Wildfires
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12164652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alissa Cordner (0000-0001-5223-2848, Whitman College, corresponding author), Eliana Schwartz (Whitman College) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 489-507 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2018.1530816 |
| OpenAlex | W2900821220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 42 |
This article examines salient topics and textual silences in the media coverage of two major wildfires in Washington State. A significant body of research has examined the importance of media coverage in framing disaster events, yet gaps remain in scholarly understanding of wildfire media coverage. In this article, we explore the following questions: How did the print media cover the Carlton Complex and Okanogan Complex fires in Washington State? What topics and locations were generally featured or ignored, and why? How did wildfire media coverage change after firefighter deaths? To answer these questions, we draw on three sources of data: print media coverage, address-specific data of burned homes, and demographic descriptions of impacted towns. We find that media coverage largely overlooked sites of greatest loss, failed to provide a contextualized discussion of firefighter safety, and generally ignored issues of climate change and inequality
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Climate change · Framing (construction · Geography · Media coverage · Media studies · News media · Salient · Silence · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Disaster Management and Resilience · Fire effects on ecosystems · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |