118875 McGaurr and Lester 2017 Environmental Groups Treading the Discursive Tightrope of Social License.pdf (194.94 kB)
Environmental groups treading the discursive tightrope of social license: Australian and Canadian cases compared
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 07:58 authored by Lyn McGaurrLyn McGaurr, Elizabeth LesterEnvironmental nongovernmental organizations are often challenged to engage in economic debates. One response is to frame contested or protected areas and species as tourism assets. In this exploratory comparative study, we examine the discourse of environmentalists and members of the tourism sector in Australia and Canada for evidence they frame tourism as a social license to protect. We find environmentalists and sympathetic ecotourism operators frame successful activism in scenic places with a history of intense environmental conflict as an investment in tourism and the local economy. This makes a case for protection from extractive industries, but falters when the adversary is tourism itself.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
International Journal of CommunicationVolume
11Pagination
3476-3496ISSN
1932-8036Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
University of Southern CaliforniaPlace of publication
United StatesRights statement
Copyright © 2017 (Lyn McGaurr and Libby Lester). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Repository Status
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