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The Election that Forgot the Environment? Issues, EMOs, and the Press in Australia
Citation
Lester, L and McGaurr, L and Tranter, B, The Election that Forgot the Environment? Issues, EMOs, and the Press in Australia, International Journal of Press/Politics, 20, (1) pp. 3-25. ISSN 1940-1620 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/1940161214552030
Abstract
The 2013 Australian federal election campaign has been described as the campaign that
"forgot the environment." We test this claim by comparing the news representation
of the environment and environmental movement organizations (EMOs) in Australian
federal elections from 1990 to 2013, and consider how coverage of environmental
issues and organizations has changed over time. We also analyze the intensity and
range of coverage of EMOs and environmental issues during the 2013 election
campaign in relation to behind-the-scenes media practices of EMOs, including the
circulation of media releases and other campaign material, and levels of activity on
social media and organization Web sites. We find that this activity did not translate
into high visibility in news media for EMOs. We offer tentative evidence of a link
between the dominance of climate change coverage and the poor visibility of EMOs
and other environmental issues.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | environmental movement organizations, Australian election campaigns, climate change coverage, mediated visibility, mediated environmental conflict |
Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
Research Group: | Communication and media studies |
Research Field: | Media studies |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | The media |
UTAS Author: | Lester, L (Professor Libby Lester) |
UTAS Author: | McGaurr, L (Dr Lynette McGaurr) |
UTAS Author: | Tranter, B (Professor Bruce Tranter) |
ID Code: | 95265 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP130102154) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2014-09-29 |
Last Modified: | 2018-02-17 |
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