Framing Environmental Disasters for Nonviolent Protest
A Content Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21192546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miriam Matejova (0000-0003-4943-2835, Masaryk University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 407-420 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17524032.2023.2195589 |
| OpenAlex | W4361269975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article presents a content analysis of news coverage of three environmental disasters: the 2014 Mount Polley mine leak, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The aim is to better understand how political actors talk about industrial environmental disasters in their aftermath. Since most people understand dramatic events through news media, an examination of post-disaster media framing may begin to shed light on the variation of public response after disasters. Specifically, the findings challenge some prevailing assumptions about nonviolent protest mobilization and prompt a further investigation of the role of uncertainty in political participation
Civil engineering · Content analysis · Deepwater horizon · Environmental disaster · Environmental protection · Geography · Media coverage · Media studies · News media · Oil spill · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Engineering · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Risk Perception and Management
Catastrophe and Culture
Toward a Politics of Disaster
Disaster News
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
The US News Media, Polarization on Climate Change, and Pathways to Effective Communication
Framing European politics
A review of the effects of uncertainty in public science communication
Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action
Content Analysis in Mass Communication
Environmental Justice Goes Underground? Historical Notes from Canada's Northern Mining Frontier
Local media coverage of wildfire disasters
Protests, Media Coverage, and a Hierarchy of Social Struggle
Natural hazards as political events
What Gets Covered? An Examination of Media Coverage of the Environmental Movement in Canada
Towards an Analysis of the ‘Success’ of UK Green Protests
Media Coverage of the 2014 West Virginia Elk River Chemical Spill
Slick PR? The Media Politics of the Prestige Oil Spill
Legitimation in corporate discourse
Disaster politics
Science in the News
Not an act of God’
The Many Layers of Local
The Political Construction of the Nuclear Energy Issue and Its Impact on the Mobilization of Anti-Nuclear Movements in Western Europe
Focusing Events and Public Opinion
Emotion and the Framing of Risky Choice
Focusing Events, Mobilization, and Agenda Setting
Media framing and social movement mobilization
Leader Survival and Natural Disasters
Anger is Why We're All Here
Affect, generalization, and the perception of risk
Managing Blame
Media Framing and Policy Change After Columbine
The Role of Blame in Collective Action
Framing Processes and Social Movements
Accidental News
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |