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Clean energy futures and place-based responses: a comparison of letters-to-the-editor in two Australian regions.
- Source :
- Communication, Politics & Culture; 2014, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p17-34, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- A region's cultural environment--how people communicate and how local media represent the immediate social and natural environment--is indicative of local dominant normative values that underpin potential capacities for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This article explores this premise with a comparison of two regions in Australia: Northern Rivers (New South Wales) and Ipswich-Lockyer (Queensland), and draws attention to readers' letters published in two daily newspapers, The Queensland Times (Ipswich) and The Northern Star (Lismore), with a specific focus on the Clean Energy Legislative Package. Leximancer software is used to analyse the content of readers' letters published over a nine-month period coinciding with the passage of the legislation through the Australian parliament. The results indicate important differences in local discourses and suggest a focus on local socio-cultural landscapes and their capacities for community dialogue are potentially useful for understanding how communities talk about, and the extent to which they will accept climate change policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18360645
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Communication, Politics & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100337098