Post-Fukushima discourse in the US press: Quantified knowledge, the technical object, and a panicked public
| Autor: | Jonathan Tollefson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Communication Nuclear renaissance Environmental impact of the energy industry Nuclear power Nuclear Energy Newspaper Power (social and political) Disasters Framing (social sciences) Knowledge Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Japan Content analysis Political science Political economy Nuclear Power Plants Developmental and Educational Psychology Fukushima Nuclear Accident Mass Media business Mass media |
| Zdroj: | Public understanding of science (Bristol, England). 29(7) |
| ISSN: | 1361-6609 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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