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Who speaks for the trees? Analyzing sources featured in Canadian environmental policy news stories
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The literature on environmental sustainability in Canadian news media underscores a dynamic discourse shaped by evolving journalistic practices and a growing trend in ecological modernization. Because of mainstreaming effects and the corresponding inclination to partner ecology and economics, the very definition of ‘environmental sustainability’ presented in commercial news media discourse appears to be changing. What had been referred to as a more balanced approach to sustaining existing ecosystems and biological diversity with the needs of society appears now to be more heavily weighted towards a society that allows its institutions and economy to continue to operate without any additional environmental restrictions. In this context, this study was designed to scrutinize the sources featured in Canadian environmental policy coverage by mainstream commercial news media, using coverage of the federal government’s "2030 Emissions Reduction Plan" as a case study. Employing media institutional theory, gatekeeping, and agenda-building theory as analytical frameworks, the research explores how journalists select and represent sources, and the extent to which these choices influence news discourse. By analyzing articles from two national newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post, this study will identify patterns in source usage and how they are being represented; offering insights into the interplay between media practices and environmental communication in Canada.
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- 2024-08-22
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