Astroturf lobbying in the EU: The case of shale gas exploration

Autor:	Brieuc Lits
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Shale gas Economics Geochemistry Communication politique Communication des organisations et des entreprises Partis politiques groupes de pression
Zdroj:	Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 12 (2
ISSN:	1755-9944
DOI:	10.31165/nk.2018.112.521
Popis:	This paper seeks to shed light on astroturf lobbying, a strategy that recently invaded the European public. Its purpose is to simulate citizen support for a specific issue whilst keeping its identity secret. The public sphere is envisaged as a constellation of issues around which gravitate interest groups that try to influence the debate, and doing so by carefully frame their messages. In the case of the shale gas debate in the EU, the question that emerged is to see whether astroturf groups convey the economic frames used by the oil and gas companies they represent, or if they mobilised environmental frames such as shale gas opponents. Results show that the astroturf group mostly emphasized the safety of hydraulic fracturing and tried to counter the environmental frames of competing NGOs. info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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