Exploring the media framing of carbon capture and storage and its influence on public perceptions

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (53) ◽  
pp. 532014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Mander ◽  
R Wood ◽  
C Gough
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals UK media representations of Carbon Capture and Storage

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Nerlich ◽  
Rusi Jaspal
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times ◽  
And Storage

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a climate change mitigation technology which has had a rather chequered history in British policy making and in the British public sphere. This article deals with the neglected topic of representations of CCS in the British media and their possible impact on public perceptions and public policy. Public perception of CCS is shaped in part by the media which provide tools for making sense of complex technological and political issues such as CCS. This article compares articles on CCS in two UK newspapers, one national (“The Times”) and one regional (“The Aberdeen Press and Journal”) in 2011, a year during which some of the last battles over CCS demonstration projects were fought. It applies frame and metaphor analysis to a corpus of 150 articles. Findings reveal that during 2011 CCS coverage moved through a cycle of hype and disillusionment, with both newspapers reaching a trough of disappointment at the end of 2011. It will be difficult to reignite interest in CCS in this context, both in terms of media and public attention, and in terms of policy and investment. Regional confidence in national CCS policy in particular will be difficult to recover.

Communicating CCS: Applying communications theory to public perceptions of carbon capture and storage

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1651-1662 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Brunsting ◽  
P. Upham ◽  
E. Dütschke ◽  
M. De Best Waldhober ◽  
C. Oltra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Communications Theory ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals Public Responses to Co2 Storage Sites: Lessons from Five European Cases

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Oltra ◽  
Paul Upham ◽  
Hauke Riesch ◽  
Àlex Boso ◽  
Suzanne Brunsting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Process Risk ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
And Storage

Studies of the factors involved in public perceptions of CO2 storage projects reveal a level of complexity and diversity that arguably confounds a comprehensive theoretical account. To some extent, a conceptual approach that simply organises the relevant social scientific knowledge thematically, rather than seeking an integrated explanation, is as useful as any single account that fails to do justice to the contingencies involved. This paper reviews and assembles such knowledge in terms of six themes and applies these themes to five European cases of carbon capture and storage (CCS) implementation. We identify the main factors involved in community responses to CCS as relating to: The characteristics of the project; the engagement process; risk perceptions; the actions of the stakeholders; the characteristics of the community, and the socio-political context.

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