Dear all, Those interested in public attitudes towards geoengineering as expressed in newspaper frames might find the following article (open access) of interest. The results are perhaps not surprising, but still we found it useful to document the dynamics over time.
Kind regards, Arthur Petersen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prof. Dr. Arthur Petersen Professor of Science and Environmental Public Policy Institute for Environmental Studies - Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI) VU University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 (visiting address) De Boelelaan 1087 (postal address) 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands m + 31 (0)6 27654044 t + 31 (0)20 59 89565 f + 31 (0)20 59 89553 e [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> w www.ivm.vu.nl<http://www.ivm.vu.nl/> w www.agci.vu.nl<http://www.agci.vu.nl/> w www.environmentalstudies.nl<http://www.environmentalstudies.nl/> room B-636 IVM - Because the Earth matters Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nens20 Opening up the societal debate on climate engineering: how newspaper frames are changing Samantha Scholte a , Eleftheria Vasileiadou a & Arthur C Petersen a b a Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands b PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The Netherlands Version of record first published: 28 Jan 2013. The use of climate engineering or geoengineering technologies to combat climate change has been a controversial topic, even in the scientific debate. In recent studies, it has been claimed that the debate on climate engineering technologies may be closing down prematurely, with detrimental effects on the possibility of social and ethical reflection in appraising these controversial technologies. We examined the extent to which the debate on climate engineering is opening up or closing down, analyzing the diversity of English-speaking newspaper frames in the period 2006-2011. The results provide strong support for an opening of the debate, especially since 2009, given the decline of overly deterministic frames, the emergence of frames related to sociopolitical issues and an overall more balanced distribution of the various frames. This provides evidence that different perspectives are voiced in the public debate, which may enable societies to critically reflect on these emerging technologies. Keywords: climate engineering; geoengineering; newspaper frames; environmental technology To cite this article: Samantha Scholte , Eleftheria Vasileiadou & Arthur C Petersen (2013): Opening up the societal debate on climate engineering: how newspaper frames are changing, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, DOI:10.1080/1943815X.2012.759593 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2012.759593 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
