Sorry, Wrong Number: The Use and Misuse of Numerical Facts in Analysis and Media Reporting of Energy Issues

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan G. Koomey ◽  
Chris Calwell ◽  
Skip Laitner ◽  
Jane Thornton ◽  
Richard E. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
Analytical Process ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The Media ◽  
Wrong Number ◽  
Energy Issues

▪ Abstract  Students of public policy sometimes envision an idealized policy process where competent data collection and incisive analysis on both sides of a debate lead to reasoned judgments and sound decisions. Unfortunately, numbers that prove decisive in policy debates are not always carefully developed, credibly documented, or correct. This paper presents four widely cited examples of numbers in the energy field that are either misleading or wrong. It explores the origins of these numbers, how they missed the mark, and how they have been misused by both analysts and the media. In addition, it describes and uses a three-stage analytical process for evaluating such statistics that involves defining terms and boundaries, assessing underlying data, and critically analyzing arguments.

Media discourses on the economy in Ireland: framing the policy possibilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
Brendan K. O’Rourke
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Discursive Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Policy Discourses

Chapter Seventeen argues that a discursive approach can add much to our understanding of what has happened in policy analysis in Ireland. The concept of hyper-specialization is introduced as an important feature of the context in which policy discourse takes place, and shows the complexities discourses face as they travel across societies. Policy relevant discourses of media, and actors within the media, are examined, along with what recent developments mean for Irish public policy discourse. An important factor is how such policy discourses are internationalised in Ireland and the impact of that complication on participation in policy debates is examined. Further complexities include the effects of technocratization and economization on how we discuss policy. The chapter concludes that the discursive power of economists remains an important feature of our policy discourses.

The Policymaking Process

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Rajesh Chakrabarti ◽  
Kaushiki Sanyal
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
The Media ◽  
Law Making

This introductory chapter is a scene setter, aimed at public policy scholars and practitioners alike. It provides an outline and brief description of the book and provides a background for its subject matter. It provides a dipstick literature review of the existing literature on social movements and external influences on the policy process. It summarizes the key theoretical models of policy making in the international literature for understanding the policy process and provides a brief review of the policy making process in India, as well as a description, in some detail, of the various stages of law-making in the country. The exposition of the various stages of law-making provides an overview of the influence that various stakeholders in the policy process—the media, judiciary, civil society, and so on—can exert in the process.

Reflections on emerging trends in clinical work with gender diverse children and adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nastasja M de Graaf ◽  
Polly Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Gender Identification ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
The Media

Gender is a fast-evolving and topical field which is often the centre of attention in the media and in public policy debates. The current cultural and social climate provides possibilities for young people to express themselves. Gender diverse young people are not only developing new ways of describing gender, but they are also shaping what is required of clinical interventions. Emerging cultural, social and clinical trends, such as increases in referrals, shifts in sex ratio and diversification in gender identification, illustrate that gender diverse individuals are not a homogeneous group. How do evolving concepts of gender impact the clinical care of gender diverse young people presenting to specialist gender clinics today?

Media and public policy

2018 ◽  
pp. 351-368
Author(s):  
Andrea Lawlor
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship

Mass media has taken on an increasingly influential role with respect to the design, implementation and critical evaluation of public policy. This chapter explores the many ways in which media “matters” to the policy process, by highlighting media’s traditionally limited role in the scholarly literature on public policy, then moving on to a wider discussion of the direct and indirect capacity of media to influence the policy process. Media effects on policy such as framing and agenda setting are reviewed, as are concepts such as the institutional factors that guide political media production and the relationship between policymakers, public opinion and the media. The chapter concludes with a reflection on some of the contemporary challenges for the media-policy relationship in a rapidly evolving digital media environment.

Why doesn’t anyone talk about non-union collective agreements?

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-807
Author(s):  
Mark Bray ◽  
Shae McCrystal ◽  
Leslee Spiess
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Main Section ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The Media ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Way

Non-union collective agreements have become a common and widely accepted phenomenon in Australian industrial relations since the 1990s. This article asks why they are so rarely discussed in research, the media and public policy debates. On the way to exploring a range of factors that answer this question, we first summarise the relevant legislative provisions and reflect on their international exceptionalism. We review both data on the incidence and coverage of non-union collective agreements and the modest research on the practice of non-union collective agreement-making, almost all of which preceded the Fair Work Act. The penultimate main section analyses the few accounts of non-union collective agreements in the media and policy debates. The last main section presents our speculative and multi-causal answer to the why question.

Media influence on public policy in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-173
Author(s):  
David Irwin ◽  
Njeri Kiereini
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Occasion Setting ◽  
Free Press ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Policy Process ◽  
The Media

AbstractMany scholars argue that the media can influence policymakers – determining the policy agenda, framing issues, prioritising issues and, on occasion, setting the policy as well. It could be, however, that skilled policymakers exploit the media, so that the media in fact reflects the issues that policymakers want debated. This then poses an important question of whether the media does indeed influence the public policy process. The topic of media influence is widely studied in consolidated democracies but there has been limited research in consolidating democracies. This paper addresses both of these gaps – through exploring the extent to which the media influences policymakers in Kenya, a country perceived to have a moderately free press and one in which a range of interest groups vie to influence government and thus with a media likely to carry a range of competing opinions.

The media

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelise Russell ◽  
Maxwell McCombs
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Mass Publics ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cultural Shifts

Mass media effects in political science are well known — including campaign communications, priming effects, and the media's role in social and cultural shifts. But what is not so clear is how the actions of media outlets and the actors within these institutions affect governance. In the last 20 years, scholars in public policy and political institutions have begun to better understand the role of media in our governing systems and what that means for how we attend to and make policy across numerous types of political systems and institutional venues. For too long public policy has lagged in its understanding of the media as a political institution with real implications for how we process and implement policy. We argue studies of public policy can benefit from a broadened, integrative approach toward studying the media and the policy process. That approach includes the role of new media and research on social media that can be applied to the policy process. Continued research on the media and policy should include better integration of media and policy studies with those of mass publics and encourage greater communication and collaboration between media and policy scholarship. 

Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Proses Kebijakan Daerah

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Abdullah Manshur
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Problem Situation ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Making Process

Public policy is a decision to deal with a particular problem situation, that identifies the objectives, principles, ways, and means to achieve them. The ability and understanding of policy makers in the policy-making process is very important for the realization of public policy of rapid, accurate and adequate. The product to suit the needs of the public policy, public participation in the policy process is needed in the policy cycle, from policy formulation to policy evaluation. This paper attempts to review the importance of community participation and other forms of public participation in the policy process, in particular, policy areas.

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