35 results on '"issue-attention cycle"'
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2. Media coverage, attention cycles and the governance of plastics pollution.
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MARINE pollution ,POLLUTION ,PLASTICS ,SOCIAL impact - Abstract
Fluctuations in media and public attention create major challenges for the governance of environmental problems but detailed investigations of how issue‐attention cycles affect environmental governance processes remain limited. This article addresses this gap using a literature analysis to examine the effects of issue‐attention cycles on policy responses to plastics pollution. It explores trends and features of media coverage of plastics, their influence on public pressure for action, linkages between shifts in attention and measures to govern plastics at the international, national, sub‐national and corporate levels, and options to utilise issue‐attention cycles to support greater action on plastics. The review indicates that heightened media coverage has encouraged greater public engagement with plastics overall but that elements of media reporting raise questions about the coherence and longevity of public pressure for change. Links between attention peaks and increased policy activity also remain unclear, though some policy‐makers have used peaks to inject momentum into policy processes and initiate longer‐term reforms that buffer policy against declining interest. Alongside these techniques, new framings emphasising the economic, social and health impacts of plastics may assist in extending concern and pressure for action. The article concludes by arguing the need to deepen understandings of the properties of attention cycles for different environmental problems and their implications for governance efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. NEO-MYTHS: ISSUE-ATTENTION CYCLES AS MEDIATIZED SOCIAL DRAMAS
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Arvydas Grišinas
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neo-myth ,news wave ,social drama ,issue-attention cycle ,media ,mediatization ,Social Sciences ,Philosophy. Psychology. Religion - Abstract
This article suggests that in times of digital mass media, mediatized political issues create a self-perpetuating phenomenon that is here titled a neo-myth. Through combining interdisciplinary theories of Issue-Attention Cycles and Social Dramas, the article argues that the standardized ways that political issues are framed, mass-mediated and consumed in a contemporary society, paradoxically create a cyclical and self-perpetuating pattern. Instead of being linear, rational and cause-to-solution oriented, they become stereotypical, cyclical and performative, thus resembling mythological patterns both content and form-wise. The article discusses how and why these neo-myths form, as well as how political, public and media actors interact within the process. It discusses them in terms of their emergence, structure, causality, processual logics and formal variety, and suggests that the phenomenon falls in line with the findings of recent research on the shifting knowledge patterns in times of digital culture.
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- 2022
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4. NEO-MYTHS: ISSUE-ATTENTION CYCLES AS MEDIATIZED SOCIAL DRAMAS.
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Grišinas, Arvydas
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POLITICAL science , *MODERN society , *DIGITAL media , *FRAMES (Social sciences) , *MASS media - Abstract
This article suggests that in times of digital mass media, mediatized political issues create a self-perpetuating phenomenon that is here titled a neo-myth. Through combining interdisciplinary theories of Issue-Attention Cycles and Social Dramas, the article argues that the standardized ways that political issues are framed, mass-mediated and consumed in a contemporary society, paradoxically create a cyclical and self-perpetuating pattern. Instead of being linear, rational and cause-to-solution oriented, they become stereotypical, cyclical and performative, thus resembling mythological patterns both content and form-wise. The article discusses how and why these neo-myths form, as well as how political, public and media actors interact within the process. It discusses them in terms of their emergence, structure, causality, processual logics and formal variety, and suggests that the phenomenon falls in line with the findings of recent research on the shifting knowledge patterns in times of digital culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Crowdlending in Asia: Lessons from Its Chequered History.
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Perdana, Arif, Hwee-Hoon Lee, and Jutasompakorn, Pearpilai
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DIFFUSION of innovations ,ELECTRONIC newspapers ,ALTERNATIVE investments ,CONTENT analysis ,PUBLIC opinion ,DIFFUSION - Abstract
Background: Crowdlending is increasingly popular among investors as a means of alternative investment or for raising capital. This platform emerged in Asia in 2009, with China being one of the earliest countries to introduce crowdlending. Since its inception over a decade ago, the industry has grown significantly; yet multiple unresolved issues remain. Method: Using computer-assisted textual analysis and content analysis, our study examined articles from representative online newspapers in Asian countries to understand crowdlending diffusion in Asia, both within China and outside China. Results: Using the issue-attention cycle and the diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory, our analysis of news excerpts relating to crowdlending over a ten-year period (2009-2019) showed that crowdlending diffusion took two different paths. In China, it started with the practical use of crowdlending, with government regulations introduced after numerous problems emerged. In contrast, outside China, the rules were enacted simultaneously with IT artifact and practice. Furthermore, in connecting the DOI theory with an IT-based regulatory system, we demonstrated the usefulness this approach in explaining how DOI can inform IT sensemaking and rulemaking, which can help crowdlending practitioners remove potential impediments from crowdlending practices. Lastly, media coverage on crowdlending practices was found to have offered multiple perspectives, which could have had an impact on public opinion and attitude towards the new technology. Conclusion: Our study's chief contribution lies in showing how media facilitates crowdlending diffusion. In painting a broad picture of crowdlending in Asia, we show that media can help the public, practitioners, and governments to be aware of the crowdlending platform's potential risks and to find ways to mitigate them. Knowing about crowdlending diffusion can help authorities in Asian countries consider more effective ways of regulating the industry. Hence, media as a contextual factor could be considered in other innovation research and IT-based regulation frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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6. Benefits and risks of genetically modified mosquitoes: news and Twitter framing across issue-attention cycle.
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Wang, Weirui and Guo, Lei
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NEWS websites ,FRAMES (Social sciences) ,MOSQUITOES - Abstract
This study examines how online news and Twitter framed the discussion about genetically modified mosquitoes differently in response to Zika as the issue-attention cycle progressed. Results show that Twitter discussions relied on recurring frames. By contrast, online news media used a wider variety of benefit and risk frames than Twitter, which helped generate new knowledge. The issue-attention cycle did make a difference in the frame used. We observed a dramatic decline in benefit coverage in Twitter but not in online news media coverage. For Twitter, risk coverage spiked in the middle stages of the cycle. There was nearly no mention of risk at the beginning and ending stages of the cycle in Twitter coverage. Online news media presented a different pattern that benefit coverage was constantly high and risk coverage stably increased as the issue-attention cycle progressed. Implications are discussed in light of the media characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Nonprofit Advocacy in the Era of Trump
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Lamothe Meeyoung and Lavastida Vicki
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nonprofit advocacy ,issue-attention cycle ,collective action ,organizational incentives ,trump era ,Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology ,HV1-9960 - Abstract
The election of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race was said to result in an unprecedented surge in public support for nonprofit advocacy organizations. Given the cyclical nature of public attention to hard-to-solve social problems and the challenges associated with free-riding in collective action, a question arises as to the extent to which such elevated public support sustains itself over time. The purpose of this study is to examine whether local nonprofit advocacy groups experienced a post-election boost for public support and to what extent the increase, if any, sustained itself 18 months or longer after the election. Our study also explores various organizational incentives advocacy groups use to maintain support. We gather data from structured interviews of advocacy organizations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Our findings suggest that many local advocacy groups did receive enhanced public support in the forms of volunteer requests, donations, and membership immediately after the election and the majority of them were able to retain the support over time. Normative organizational incentives were predominantly used to recruit and retain supporters, while utilitarian incentives, similar to Olson’s selective private benefits, were not commonly adopted.
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- 2020
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8. Exploring the 'Issue-Attention Cycle': Does Length of Time Since Wildfire Predict Social Acceptability of Prescribed Burning?
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Mylek, Melinda R. and Schirmer, Jacki
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PRESCRIBED burning ,SOCIAL acceptance ,WILDFIRE prevention ,WILDFIRES ,WILDFIRE risk ,ENVIRONMENTAL management ,RISK perception - Abstract
Social acceptability of environmental management actions, such as prescribed burning used to reduce wildfire risk, is critical to achieving positive outcomes. However, environmental managers often need to implement strategies over a long time period, and sustaining long-term community support can be challenging. Public attention to environmental issues is argued to vary over time, with acceptability of management interventions theorized to decrease with time since experiencing an environmental problem. However, it is unknown whether a person needs to personally experience the problem to maintain support, or if hearing about it in the media is sufficient. In this paper we explore whether acceptability of prescribed burning used to reduce wildfire risk declines with length of time since personally experiencing a wildfire. In a sample of 4390 Australians, acceptability of prescribed burning was not predicted by length of time since personally experiencing a wildfire, or perceptions of wildfire risk. Significant predictors included perceptions of local fuel loads, and of positive and negative impacts of prescribed burning, suggesting addressing these issues may be more effective in maintaining long-term support for wildfire management policies than investing in increasing attention to wildfire risk. This suggests environmental managers can design communication strategies to maintain support for environmental actions even in the absence of an individual personally experiencing the problem the action is designed to address. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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9. Framing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in News and Twitter: Intermedia Frame Setting in an Issue-Attention Cycle.
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TRANSGENIC organisms ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,PUBLIC opinion ,ONLINE social networks - Abstract
The study examined how online news and Twitter framed genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs), a scientific innovation to fight against mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, and the interplay between the two. The study was grounded in the theoretical frameworks of intermedia agenda setting, framing and the issue-attention cycle, and combined methods of manual and computational content analysis, and time series analysis. The findings show that Twitter discussion was more benefit-oriented while the news coverage was more balanced. More importantly, the study reveals that Twitter played a leading role in framing GMMs in the beginning of the debate. When the issue became known to the public, online news gained momentum and persuaded the Twitter publics to discuss the risks of GMMs. Based on the findings, we argue that intermedia frame setting may change its direction over time, and different media outlets may be influential in leading different aspects of the conversation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
10. Framing genetically modified mosquitoes in the online news and Twitter: Intermedia frame setting in the issue-attention cycle.
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Wang, Weirui and Guo, Lei
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MOSQUITOES ,INTERNET forums - Abstract
We investigate how the online news and Twitter framed the discussion about genetically modified mosquitoes, and the interplay between the two media platforms. The study is grounded in the theoretical frameworks of intermedia agenda setting, framing, and the issue-attention cycle and combines methods of manual and computational content analysis, and time series analysis. The findings show that the Twitter discussion was more benefit-oriented, while the news coverage was more balanced. Initially, Twitter played a leading role in framing the discussion about genetically modified mosquitoes. When the public learned about the issue, online news gained momentum and led the Twitter publics to discuss the risks of genetically modified mosquitoes. Based on the findings, we argue that the intermedia frame setting may change its direction over time, and different media outlets may be influential in leading different aspects of the conversation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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11. Unfolding the coverage of illicit drugs in Estonian print press.
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Paimre, Marianne
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DRUGS of abuse ,SOCIAL problems ,GLASNOST ,TABLOID newspapers - Abstract
The aim of this article is to analyze the changes in the coverage of illicit drugs by the Estonian press in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the restitution of Estonia’s independence. The article adapts Anthony Downs’ ‘issue-attention cycle,’ in which he proposes that public concern about certain issues follows a particular five-phase model. The author of this paper conducted a content analysis of 1523 press articles from 1993 to 2009. The analysis indicates that coverage of drug issues follows four of the five phases of Downs’ model, the exception being the fifth ‘post-problem’ phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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12. Certify and shift blame, or resolve issues? Environmentally and socially responsible global trade and production of timber and tree crops.
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Mithöfer, Dagmar, van Noordwijk, Meine, Leimona, Beria, and Cerutti, Paolo Omar
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INTERNATIONAL trade , *TREE crops - Abstract
Certification of adherence to social and environmental standards allows companies involved in the (global) trade of commodities to dissociate themselves from negative impacts in the public eye. It can go beyond compliance with legal requirements. Certification can be an attempt to shift blame to uncertified others, but it can also contribute to resolving the underlying issues of concern. We provide a framework for a study of when, where and how certification schemes emerge and evolve, with specific attention to the degree to which underlying issues get addressed. Three strands of literature are combined in this framework (1) the issue–attention cycle as a schematic representation of public concerns shaping policy responses; (2) the management swing potential defined as the gap between best and worst current production systems and the basis for defining standards and (3) global value chains that link distant producers and consumers, and the power relations along these chains, including standards and certification. Based on literature review, we introduce a set of four propositions that inform testable specific hypotheses. We outline questions for reviews, in subsequent papers of this issue, of the experience on timber, oil palm, coffee, cacao and rubber as tropical-forest-margin commodities dominated by global trade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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13. Acanthaster planci invasions: applying biosecurity practices to manage a native boom and bust coral pest in Australia.
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Hoey, Jessica, Campbell, Marnie L., Hewitt, Chad L., Gould, Brendan, and Bird, Rosemary
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CORAL reef conservation , *CORAL reefs & islands , *MARINE parks & reserves , *AQUATIC parks & reserves , *MARINE resources conservation , *WILDLIFE conservation , *MANAGEMENT - Abstract
Coral reef systems are in global decline. In Australia, much of this decline has been attributable to cyclic outbreaks (every ~17 years) of the coral-feeding crown-of-thorns seastar. While a native species, when in large enough densities the seastar acts like an invasive pest. Since 2012 the Australian government has invested significantly in a targeted control program using lethal injection. While this program is effective for individual reefs, it is not a complete strategy for the entire Great Barrier Reef (~2,500 reefs). In order to find a longer-term solution to the problem, in 2015, the lead author travelled to New Zealand, the United States, and Canada under a Churchill Fellowship to understand successful aquatic integrated pest management strategies and their potential application to the Great Barrier Reef. Meetings and workshops were convened with experts who specialise in risk assessment, categorisation, and management of aquatic invasive species. The experts comprised academics, applied scientists, policy makers, and a not for profit community based invasive species council. Bioinvasion management and prioritisation of management effort using risk-based frameworks were reviewed for application to the crown-of-thorns seastar. This viewpoint is novel in its approach of applying invasive species tools and perspectives to a non-invasive, native marine pest. Early detection and rapid response is key to preventing the transition of the seastar from natural densities to outbreak densities. However given the seastar is a native species already established, when in outbreak mode a multifaceted post-border management approach is essential. Private support funding models, that bridge conservation and tourism/philanthropy have proved successful in New Zealand to supplement government funded marine reserve management – this is an approach which should be explored by Australia to help manage the seastar. Dedicated support and commitment is needed to break the issue-attention cycle. On the Great Barrier Reef, a dedicated biosecurity approach should be used to maintain the seastar at natural densities, increase the time between outbreaks, protect coral cover and increase resilience of the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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14. Emergence of News Waves: A Social Simulation Approach.
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Waldherr, Annie
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JOURNALISTS' attitudes , *TIME series analysis , *SIMULATION methods & models , *NEWSPAPERS , *JOURNALISM , *MASS media - Abstract
The study investigates fundamental mechanisms generating issue-attention cycles in news coverage with a social simulation approach. An agent-based computer model is developed, which integrates the main drivers of news waves as identified by empirical research. By simulating the model many times under varying conditions, the interaction of the factors to generate the typical issue-attention cycle can be observed. Results suggest that the momentum of news waves is mainly driven by the adaptive reporting behavior of journalists. Sponsors actively supporting issues by initiating events are not necessary to generate issue-attention cycles, but change their typical dynamics. Comparing simulated time series to two empirical cases yields that the model produces more realistic patterns of media attention when issue sponsors are introduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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15. When 'Let Them Eat Cake!' is Not the Answer: Application of the Issue-Attention Cycle in Crisis Communication Planning.
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Horsley, J. Suzanne
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CRISIS communication ,COMMUNICATION planning ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,PUBLIC communication - Abstract
The article examines the application of the issue-attention cycle in crisis communication planning. The article concludes that the government agencies should not implement critical communication measures in a vacuum, an understanding of public sentiment is crucial to providing effective, relevant communication for the public. Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the U.S., government leaders were not considering the delicate climate of public attitudes before making public statements.
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- 2005
16. Nonprofit Advocacy in the Era of Trump
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Meeyoung Lamothe and Vicki Lavastida
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Economics and Econometrics ,collective action ,Public Administration ,Sociology and Political Science ,05 social sciences ,issue-attention cycle ,nonprofit advocacy ,trump era ,0506 political science ,Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,050602 political science & public administration ,organizational incentives ,HV1-9960 ,050203 business & management ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
The election of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race was said to result in an unprecedented surge in public support for nonprofit advocacy organizations. Given the cyclical nature of public attention to hard-to-solve social problems and the challenges associated with free-riding in collective action, a question arises as to the extent to which such elevated public support sustains itself over time. The purpose of this study is to examine whether local nonprofit advocacy groups experienced a post-election boost for public support and to what extent the increase, if any, sustained itself 18 months or longer after the election. Our study also explores various organizational incentives advocacy groups use to maintain support. We gather data from structured interviews of advocacy organizations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Our findings suggest that many local advocacy groups did receive enhanced public support in the forms of volunteer requests, donations, and membership immediately after the election and the majority of them were able to retain the support over time. Normative organizational incentives were predominantly used to recruit and retain supporters, while utilitarian incentives, similar to Olson’s selective private benefits, were not commonly adopted.
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- 2020
17. Analysis of News Coverage of Haze in China in the Context of Sustainable Development: The Case of China Daily
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Yingfei He, Guoliang Zhang, and Lijuan Chen
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China ,Geography, Planning and Development ,issue-attention cycle ,TJ807-830 ,050801 communication & media studies ,Context (language use) ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,TD194-195 ,01 natural sciences ,Renewable energy sources ,Newspaper ,0508 media and communications ,Political science ,GE1-350 ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,framing theory ,Sustainable development ,Government ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,media coverage ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Corporate governance ,05 social sciences ,Public relations ,haze ,Environmental sciences ,Environmental governance ,Climate governance ,business - Abstract
This study examines the role of media in boosting environmental governance and monitoring sustainable development in China and explores the relationship between the Chinese government and media coverage, and helps audiences understand the positions of third world countries on climate governance. It also offers insights into strengthening international cooperation on the governance of air pollution. Drawing on the framing theory and issue-attention cycle literature, this study examines the frames, news sources, and media slants (negative, neutral, positive) that were used in haze coverage, between 2000 and 2018, by China Daily, the primary English-language newspaper in China. The results of a content analysis reveals that news coverage of haze in China Daily exhibits an issue-attention cycle. This study shows that the majority of haze coverage had a neutral slant, mainly adopted frames of define problems and suggest remedies, and cited sources from officials, agencies, specialists and scholars. Additionally, the usage of the science education frame significantly correlated with the citing of specialists and scholars as news sources. The define problems frame significantly correlated with the citing of officials and agencies as news sources.
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- 2020
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18. Climate change in Ugandan media: A 'Global Warming' of journalism ethics.
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Semujju, Brian
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CLIMATE change ,MASS media ,NEWSPAPERS ,GLOBAL warming - Abstract
The idea of climate change has reached a contentious breaking point at an international level where its major causes, existence and intensity are separating informed minds. This article is an examination of the four major schools of thought on climate change and how two newspapers in Uganda are covering those divergent views. The article argues that in the coverage of global warming in particular the hitherto treasured notion of objectivity has been replaced by a form of blind journalism instigated by frames from local and international stakeholders. The study analyses content from two newspapers in Uganda to show that media in Uganda cover the resonating frame, which argues that climate change is a time bomb, with total disregard for other views or their existence. Guided by the framing theory, the article suggests that a detachment of climate change from international meanings and an introduction of the 'scientific spirit' will restore balance by inviting media to explore counter-frames. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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19. Media attention and the market for ‘green’ consumer products.
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Thøgersen, John
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GREEN marketing ,ECO-labeling ,PRESS ,MASS media ,BUSINESS enterprises ,GREEN business ,GREEN movement ,ENVIRONMENTALISM ,CONSUMER preferences - Abstract
There are signs that a general ‘counter-attack’ is now being orchestrated against the ‘greens’. This paper surveys the evidence regarding an ‘issue-attention’ cycle in environmental concern in Western Europe and North America. It furthermore discusses the role of the news media in creating the cycle. It is well documented that the mass media plays an important role in determining which issues receive high or low attention by the general public. However, not only does the media's assessment of what is newsworthy mean that ‘green’ businesses will eventually lose the current of a rising issue attention cycle, but also its mere success means that stories framing ‘green’ businesses in a negative light become newsworthy while positive stories lose their newsworthiness. Therefore, and despite a large and loyal customer base, many ‘green’ companies now find themselves in a much more hostile environment than a decade ago. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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20. Unpacking ‘sustainable’ cocoa: do sustainability standards, development projects and policies address producer concerns in Indonesia, Cameroon and Peru?
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Denis J. Sonwa, Trent Blare, James M. Roshetko, Duman Wau, Dagmar Mithöfer, Jason Donovan, Valentina Robiglio, and Ewane Nathalie
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Natural resource economics ,issue-attention cycle ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Diversification (marketing strategy) ,01 natural sciences ,lcsh:TD1-1066 ,Ecosystem services ,Cocoa ,lcsh:HD101-1395.5 ,Sustainable agriculture ,lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,Productivity ,development ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Ecology ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,global value chain ,Private sector ,swing potential ,Bargaining power ,lcsh:Land use ,sustainability standards ,Sustainability ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Business ,Global value chain ,policy - Abstract
‘Sustainable cocoa’ has attracted considerable attention. However, stakeholders in cocoa development may differ in their understanding of sustainable cocoa, their interests and actions taken in advancing sustainable cocoa. This article analyses cocoa sustainability at nested scales and analyses to what extent sustainability standards, policies and development projects address sustainability concerns and contribute to ecosystem services. The analysis is based on literature reviews and key informant interviews in Sulawesi (Indonesia), Ucayali (Peru) and Centre Region (Cameroon). Producers in all three countries shared concerns of price volatility, weak farmer organizations and dependence on few buyers. Producers in Sulawesi and Centre Region compensated low returns to cocoa production by diversification of cocoa systems. Public and private development actors were concerned with low production volumes. Research has so far focused on biodiversity loss, which differed depending on the cocoa sector’s age in a country. Policies and development programs in all countries have focused on cocoa sector expansion and productivity increases, irrespective of smallholder needs for economically viable farming systems and existing market structures resulting in little bargaining power to farmers. Sustainability standards have spread unevenly and have converged in compliance criteria over time, although initially differing in focus. Recently added business and development criteria of sustainability standards can potentially address farmers’ concerns. Competing interests and interdependencies between different actors’ responses to concerns have so far not been openly acknowledged by public and private sector actors.EDITED BY Beria Leimona
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- 2017
21. Harnessing local strength for sustainable coffee value chains in India and Nicaragua: reevaluating certification to global sustainability standards
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Arshiya Bose, Philippe Vaast, Dagmar Mithöfer, and V. Ernesto Méndez
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0106 biological sciences ,certification ,Natural resource economics ,issue-attention cycle ,Context (language use) ,Certification ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Coffee ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,lcsh:TD1-1066 ,Ecosystem services ,lcsh:HD101-1395.5 ,sustainability standard ,Production (economics) ,Environmental impact assessment ,lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Ecology ,Corporate governance ,global value chain ,swing potential ,lcsh:Land use ,governance ,Sustainability ,potential impact ,Business ,ecosystem services ,Global value chain - Abstract
Coffee is generally grown in areas derived from forest, and both its expansion and management cause biodiversity loss. Sustainability standards in coffee are well established but have been criticized while social and environmental impact is elusive. This paper assesses the issue-attention cycle of coffee production in India and Nicaragua, including producer concerns and responses over time to concerns (sustainability standards, public regulations and development projects). Systematic comparison of the socioeconomic, environmental and policy context in both countries is then used to explore potential effects of sustainability standards. Results show limits, in local context, to relevance of global certification approaches: in both countries due to naturally high levels of biodiversity within coffee production systems global standards are easily met. They do not provide recognition for the swing potential (difference between best and worst) and do not raise the bar of environmental outcomes though nationally biodiversity declines. Nicaraguan regulations have focused on the socioeconomic development of the coffee sector via strengthening producer organizations, while India prioritized environmental and biodiversity conservation. In India, externally driven sustainability standards partially replace the existing producer–buyer relationship while in Nicaragua standards are desired by producer organizations. The temporal comparison shows that recently local stakeholders harness improvements through their unique local value propositions: the ‘small producer’ symbol in Nicaragua and certification of geographic origin in India. Nicaragua builds on the strength of its smallholder sector while India builds on its strength of being home to a global biodiversity hotspot.EDITED BY Beria Leimona
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- 2017
22. Certify and shift blame, or resolve issues? Environmentally and socially responsible global trade and production of timber and tree crops
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Dagmar Mithöfer, P.O. Cerutti, M. van Noordwijk, and Beria Leimona
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Value (ethics) ,Certification ,050204 development studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,International trade ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,issue–attention cycle ,01 natural sciences ,lcsh:TD1-1066 ,Ecosystem services ,Blame ,lcsh:HD101-1395.5 ,0502 economics and business ,Production (economics) ,lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,certifiability ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,media_common ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Corporate governance ,05 social sciences ,global value chain ,swing potential ,lcsh:Land use ,sustainability standards ,governance ,Business ,ecosystem services ,Social responsibility ,Global value chain - Abstract
Certification of adherence to social and environmental standards allows companies involved in the (global) trade of commodities to dissociate themselves from negative impacts in the public eye. It can go beyond compliance with legal requirements. Certification can be an attempt to shift blame to uncertified others, but it can also contribute to resolving the underlying issues of concern. We provide a framework for a study of when, where and how certification schemes emerge and evolve, with specific attention to the degree to which underlying issues get addressed. Three strands of literature are combined in this framework (1) the issue–attention cycle as a schematic representation of public concerns shaping policy responses; (2) the management swing potential defined as the gap between best and worst current production systems and the basis for defining standards and (3) global value chains that link distant producers and consumers, and the power relations along these chains, including standards and certification. Based on literature review, we introduce a set of four propositions that inform testable specific hypotheses. We outline questions for reviews, in subsequent papers of this issue, of the experience on timber, oil palm, coffee, cacao and rubber as tropical-forest-margin commodities dominated by global trade.EDITED BY Christian Albert
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- 2016
23. Whither the Commission? Reform, renewal and the issue-attention cycle.
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Cram, Laura
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GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
'Whither the Commission?' is a question faced by officials within the Commission, would-be architects of the EU and academic observers of the EU policy process. The Commission crisis of 1999, the rise of new actors and the increased power of existing actors (such as the EP) have brought the role of the Commission to the height of the 'issue-attention cycle'. As well as instigating a comprehensive internal reform process under the guidance of Commissioner Kinnock, the Commission has sought to tackle this issue through the development of a White Paper on European Governance. This article places the current Commission proposals on the future of European governance in historical and analytical context. As the issue of the future of the Commission progresses up and down the issue-attention cycle, the most appropriate action for the Commission, it is argued, may be to sit tight and make sure that it is well prepared with palatable proposals for the next phase of 'alarmed discovery'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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24. #MeToo in Germany: The Hashtag Campaign in the Issue-Attention Cycle
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This thesis aims to interrogate how “issue-attention cycle” theory corresponds to online debates that address the issue of sexism, specifically the hashtag campaign #MeToo, in German online media. The issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo on Twitter are analyzed in order to understand the relationship between mainstream media and hashtag activism in Germany, and it is demonstrated what the #MeToo coverage can tell about issue-attention theory on the one hand, and how the theory can help to understand #MeToo on the other hand. To this end, the results of a content analysis of Twitter posts with #MeToo by four major German newspapers, representative of the German online media landscape, were compared to previous hashtag campaigns in Germany that addressed the same topic. In addition, five media experts as well as academics were interviewed, and their insights used to identify the issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo. Anthony Downs’ (1972) “issue-attention cycle” theory is then applied to the hashtag. The results show that so far there have been many ups and downs of attention in the lifecycle of #MeToo, but public attention has not ended. The research also finds that hashtags emanating from the United States, and especially from individuals related to the American entertainment industry, receive far more attention than corresponding hashtags originating in Germany, even though they address the same topic. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the deployment of the issue-attention cycle showed that a modified model is necessary to address the fast-changing attention dynamics of hashtags on Twitter. Instead of a cycle, attention can be better demonstrated through waves. Adding the variables “new events” and the hashtag as a connector of events and issues to the model helps to better understand current media structures and their attention dynamics, which are strongly influenced by social media.
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- 2018
25. #MeToo in Germany: The Hashtag Campaign in the Issue-Attention Cycle
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This thesis aims to interrogate how “issue-attention cycle” theory corresponds to online debates that address the issue of sexism, specifically the hashtag campaign #MeToo, in German online media. The issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo on Twitter are analyzed in order to understand the relationship between mainstream media and hashtag activism in Germany, and it is demonstrated what the #MeToo coverage can tell about issue-attention theory on the one hand, and how the theory can help to understand #MeToo on the other hand. To this end, the results of a content analysis of Twitter posts with #MeToo by four major German newspapers, representative of the German online media landscape, were compared to previous hashtag campaigns in Germany that addressed the same topic. In addition, five media experts as well as academics were interviewed, and their insights used to identify the issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo. Anthony Downs’ (1972) “issue-attention cycle” theory is then applied to the hashtag. The results show that so far there have been many ups and downs of attention in the lifecycle of #MeToo, but public attention has not ended. The research also finds that hashtags emanating from the United States, and especially from individuals related to the American entertainment industry, receive far more attention than corresponding hashtags originating in Germany, even though they address the same topic. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the deployment of the issue-attention cycle showed that a modified model is necessary to address the fast-changing attention dynamics of hashtags on Twitter. Instead of a cycle, attention can be better demonstrated through waves. Adding the variables “new events” and the hashtag as a connector of events and issues to the model helps to better understand current media structures and their attention dynamics, which are strongly influenced by social media.
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- 2018
26. Chances and Challenges of Computational Data Gathering and Analysis
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Epp Lauk, Niina Sormanen, Jukka Jouhki, Turo Uskali, Maija Penttinen, and Jukka Rohila
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Facebook ,computational data gathering ,020205 medical informatics ,Computer science ,issue-attention cycle ,data warehouse ,050801 communication & media studies ,02 engineering and technology ,news flows ,World Wide Web ,Computational Technique ,0508 media and communications ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Social media ,ta518 ,semi-public data ,ta113 ,hybrid news ecosystem ,Data collection ,Ethical issues ,Social network ,business.industry ,Communication ,05 social sciences ,Online research methods ,Data warehouse ,digital and social media research ,business - Abstract
Digital and social media and large available data-sets generate various new possibilities and challenges for conducting research focused on perpetually developing online news ecosystems. This paper presents a novel computational technique for gathering and processing large quantities of data from Facebook. We demonstrate how to use this technique for detecting and analysing issue-attention cycles and news flows in Facebook groups and pages. Although the paper concentrates on a Finnish Facebook group as a case study, the demonstrated method can be used for gathering and analysing large sets of data from various social network sites and national contexts. The paper also discusses Facebook platform regulations concerning data gathering and ethical issues in conducting online research. peerReviewed
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- 2015
27. #MeToo in Germany: The Hashtag Campaign in the Issue-Attention Cycle
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Hoffmann, Julia Vanessa
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Humanities and the Arts ,hashtags ,Humaniora och konst ,social media ,Twitter ,issue-attention cycle ,attention dynamics ,MeToo ,sexism - Abstract
This thesis aims to interrogate how “issue-attention cycle” theory corresponds to online debates that address the issue of sexism, specifically the hashtag campaign #MeToo, in German online media. The issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo on Twitter are analyzed in order to understand the relationship between mainstream media and hashtag activism in Germany, and it is demonstrated what the #MeToo coverage can tell about issue-attention theory on the one hand, and how the theory can help to understand #MeToo on the other hand. To this end, the results of a content analysis of Twitter posts with #MeToo by four major German newspapers, representative of the German online media landscape, were compared to previous hashtag campaigns in Germany that addressed the same topic. In addition, five media experts as well as academics were interviewed, and their insights used to identify the issue-attention dynamics of #MeToo. Anthony Downs’ (1972) “issue-attention cycle” theory is then applied to the hashtag. The results show that so far there have been many ups and downs of attention in the lifecycle of #MeToo, but public attention has not ended. The research also finds that hashtags emanating from the United States, and especially from individuals related to the American entertainment industry, receive far more attention than corresponding hashtags originating in Germany, even though they address the same topic. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the deployment of the issue-attention cycle showed that a modified model is necessary to address the fast-changing attention dynamics of hashtags on Twitter. Instead of a cycle, attention can be better demonstrated through waves. Adding the variables “new events” and the hashtag as a connector of events and issues to the model helps to better understand current media structures and their attention dynamics, which are strongly influenced by social media.
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- 2018
28. Social Media Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemiology Study Using Big Data.
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Tran HTT, Lu SH, Tran HTT, and Nguyen BV
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is still undergoing complicated developments in Vietnam and around the world. There is a lot of information about the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on the internet where people can create and share information quickly. This can lead to an infodemic, which is a challenge every government might face in the fight against pandemics., Objective: This study aims to understand public attention toward the pandemic (from December 2019 to November 2020) through 7 types of sources: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, blogs, news sites, forums, and e-commerce sites., Methods: We collected and analyzed nearly 38 million pieces of text data from the aforementioned sources via SocialHeat, a social listening (infoveillance) platform developed by YouNet Group. We described not only public attention volume trends, discussion sentiments, top sources, top posts that gained the most public attention, and hot keyword frequency but also hot keywords' co-occurrence as visualized by the VOSviewer software tool., Results: In this study, we reached four main conclusions. First, based on changing discussion trends regarding the COVID-19 subject, 7 periods were identified based on events that can be aggregated into two pandemic waves in Vietnam. Second, community pages on Facebook were the source of the most engagement from the public. However, the sources with the highest average interaction efficiency per article were government sources. Third, people's attitudes when discussing the pandemic have changed from negative to positive emotions. Fourth, the type of content that attracts the most interactions from people varies from time to time. Besides that, the issue-attention cycle theory occurred not only once but four times during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam., Conclusions: Our study shows that online resources can help the government quickly identify public attention to public health messages during times of crisis. We also determined the hot spots that most interested the public and public attention communication patterns, which can help the government get practical information to make more effective policy reactions to help prevent the spread of the pandemic., (©Huyen Thi Thanh Tran, Shih-Hao Lu, Ha Thi Thu Tran, Bien Van Nguyen. Originally published in JMIR Medical Informatics (https://medinform.jmir.org), 16.07.2021.)
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- 2021
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29. Anthony Downs, “Up and Down with Ecology: The ‘Issue-Attention’ Cycle”
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Gupta, Kuhika, Jenkins-Smith, Hank, Lodge, Martin, book editor, Page, Edward C., book editor, and Balla, Steven J., book editor
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- 2015
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30. The Role of the Media in Construction of Health Risks in Czech Republic on the Example of Ziza Virus
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Kudrnová, Blanka, Nečas, Vlastimil, and Křeček, Jan
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content analysis ,Zika virus ,media construction of risks ,mediální konstrukce rizik ,analýza rámců ,cyklus pozornosti ,virus zika ,agenda-setting ,obsahová analýza ,issue-attention cycle ,nastolování agendy ,framing - Abstract
This Master's thesis identifies the characteristics of the Czech media in the context of the media construction of health risks - the Zika virus, focusing on the printed media. Research by T. Knířová (2011), comparing the construction of swine flu risk between the British daily newspaper The Times and the Czech daily MF Dnes, and the analysis of the avian influenza, mad cow disease and West Nile fever in The New York Times (Shih, Wijaya, Brossard, 2008) are the initial works. The thesis uses a method of quantitative content analysis extended by an interpretative text reading. The risk of viral infection is analyzed with regard to concepts of agenda-setting, framing, and issue-attention cycles.
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- 2017
31. Analysis of News Coverage of Haze in China in the Context of Sustainable Development: The Case of China Daily.
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He, Yingfei, Zhang, Guoliang, and Chen, Lijuan
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This study examines the role of media in boosting environmental governance and monitoring sustainable development in China and explores the relationship between the Chinese government and media coverage, and helps audiences understand the positions of third world countries on climate governance. It also offers insights into strengthening international cooperation on the governance of air pollution. Drawing on the framing theory and issue-attention cycle literature, this study examines the frames, news sources, and media slants (negative, neutral, positive) that were used in haze coverage, between 2000 and 2018, by China Daily, the primary English-language newspaper in China. The results of a content analysis reveals that news coverage of haze in China Daily exhibits an issue-attention cycle. This study shows that the majority of haze coverage had a neutral slant, mainly adopted frames of define problems and suggest remedies, and cited sources from officials, agencies, specialists and scholars. Additionally, the usage of the science education frame significantly correlated with the citing of specialists and scholars as news sources. The define problems frame significantly correlated with the citing of officials and agencies as news sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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32. Acanthaster planci invasions: Applying biosecurity practices to manage a native boom and bust coral pest in Australia
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Coral reef systems are in global decline. In Australia, much of this decline has been attributable to cyclic outbreaks (every ~17 years) of the coral-feeding crown-of-thorns seastar. While a native species, when in large enough densities the seastar acts like an invasive pest. Since 2012 the Australian government has invested significantly in a targeted control program using lethal injection. While this program is effective for individual reefs, it is not a complete strategy for the entire Great Barrier Reef (~2,500 reefs). In order to find a longer-term solution to the problem, in 2015, the lead author travelled to New Zealand, the United States, and Canada under a Churchill Fellowship to understand successful aquatic integrated pest management strategies and their potential application to the Great Barrier Reef. Meetings and workshops were convened with experts who specialise in risk assessment, categorisation, and management of aquatic invasive species. The experts comprised academics, applied scientists, policy makers, and a not for profit community based invasive species council. Bioinvasion management and prioritisation of management effort using risk-based frameworks were reviewed for application to the crown-of-thorns seastar. This viewpoint is novel in its approach of applying invasive species tools and perspectives to a non-invasive, native marine pest. Early detection and rapid response is key to preventing the transition of the seastar from natural densities to outbreak densities. However given the seastar is a native species already established, when in outbreak mode a multifaceted post-border management approach is essential. Private support funding models, that bridge conservation and tourism/philanthropy have proved successful in New Zealand to supplement government funded marine reserve management - this is an approach which should be explored by Australia to help manage the seastar. Dedicated support and commitment is needed to break the issue-atte
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- 2016
33. Media attention and the market for ‘green’ consumer products
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John Thøgersen
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Media ,business.industry ,Issue-attention cycle ,Strategy and Management ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental concern ,Advertising ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Agenda setting ,Customer base ,Framing (social sciences) ,Western europe ,Organic food products ,Business and International Management ,Marketing ,business ,News media ,Mass media - Abstract
Environmental protection has been an issue with remarkable staying power on the public agenda in Europe and North America in the past two to three decades (Dunlap, 2002) and many companies have prospered by seizing the opportunities offered by the growing "green" market. However, now there are signs of a general "counter attack" being or-chestrated against the "greens." In this paper I survey the evidence regarding an "issue-attention" cycle (Downs, 1972) in environmental concern in Western Europe and North America and discus the role of the news media in creating the cycle. It is well documented that the mass media plays an important role in determining which issues receive high or low attention by the general public and, hence, in agenda-setting (Dearing & Rogers, 1996). Using the Danish organic food sector as an example I argue that the media's assessment of what is newsworthy not only means that "green" businesses eventually loose the current of a rising issue attention cycle. Its mere success means that stories that frame "green" businesses in a negative light have become newsworthy while positive stories have lost its newsworthiness. "Green" product failures involve a sense of drama, and misconduct in businesses with a "green" image has a taste of hypocrisy, both of which make for highly newsworthy events. Hence, despite a large and loyal customer base, many "green" companies now find themselves in a much more hostile environment than a decade ago.
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- 2006
34. Changing Homeland Security: The Issue-Attention Cycle
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The July 7, 2005 attacks on London inescapably direct public attention to our own transportation system. But eventually -- as happened after the Madrid bombings in 2004 -- public vigilance will wane. This can be seen as an affirmation of the profound trust Americans place in their public safety professionals. It also is the natural dynamic of the Issue-Attention cycle, in which certain issues follow a predictable 5-stage process: pre-problem stage, alarmed discovery, awareness of the costs of making significant progress, gradual decline of intense public interest, and a post-problem stage. Before the London attacks, Homeland Security was on the cusp of the fifth and last stage. Unless the United States is attacked again, we will continue into Stage 5 once the waves from the London bombing recede. In the absence of an active national consensus that terrorists are a clear and present threat to the lives of average Americans, the dynamics of the Issue-Attention Cycle are as inevitable as the seasons., Published in Homeland Security Affairs, v1 n1, Article 1, Summer 2005.
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- 2005
35. Extra Media Influences on the Issue-Attention Cycle:A Content Analysis of Global Warming Coverage in the People's Daily and The New York Times, 1998-2007
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Ma, Xiaofang
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- Journalism, issue-attention cycle, global warming, People's Daily, The New York Times
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The issue-attention cycle model proposed by Downs (1972) was used in previous studies to explain the fluctuation of media attention to environmental issues. Most of those studies concentrated on U.S. media. This thesis examined the change of amount of the global warming coverage in the People's Daily and The New York Times from 1998 through 2007, aiming at finding out if the media coverage of environmental issues in China would follow Downs' (1972) model. It also content analyzed the frames and sources used in the global warming coverage in the two newspapers, in order to investigate into the extra-media influences on the issue-attention cycle. Results showed that while the coverage in The New York Times displayed a cyclical pattern during the 10 years under study, the coverage in the People's Daily did not show such a pattern at all. What is more, the use of frames and sources in the two newspapers were also found different. Possible reasons for the differences between the two newspapers' coverage were deliberated; implications of the differences were discussed in the thesis.
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- 2008
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