scholarly journals Coverage of Environmental Issues in Local Dailies of Chattogram Centering World Environment Day

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hasan ◽  
P. Dutta
Keyword(s):  
News Coverage ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Setting Approach ◽  
Environmental News ◽  
World Environment

This research attempts to explore the news coverage of environmental issues in two local newspapers of Chattogram, Bangladesh; The Daily Azadi and The Daily Purbokone. In order to carry out the objectives of the research, qualitative and quantitative methodology were employed. The researcher tries to find the answers to the problem of whether local newspapers of Chattogram cover sufficiently environmental issues and what extent of news they cover comparatively. It also finds the types of environmental issues they covered centering world environment day. Primary data was collected through content analysis of these two newspapers. The agenda-setting approach was the theoretical framework for the study. The research concluded that local newspapers of Chattogram do cover environmental issues, though the subject matter did not receive much analysis. Although environmental issues are not covered sufficiently in these two newspapers, it is concluded that The Daily Azadi covered the highest environmental news comparatively The Daily Purbokone around World Environment Day (WED). The ways of prominence given for environmental issues in these two newspapers were different considerably. In terms of the extent of coverage, types of environmental issues, level of prominence (nature of the story, item, placement, space, and treatment), it is evident that The Daily Azadi newspaper has given the significant representation or considerable coverage for environmental related issues than The Daily Purbokone. But, in The Daily Azadi and The Daily Pubokone, environmental issues were not only ignored but also (if covered) they were given very small portions of the newspaper and marginalized in relation to their presentation. However, Policy makers, academicians, environmentalists and students of environment studies will be the most beneficiaries of this study. Findings can be used as academic purpose as well as in policy making level. It is mentionable, as we studied only two local dailies of Chattogram, to some consideration, it does not represent the grand coverage tendency of Chattogram’s local dailies. So, a further mass scale study can explore the overall propensity of Chattogram’s local dailies regarding environment issues. Keywords: environmental issues, news coverage, World Environment Day (WED), local dailies, Chattogram.

scholarly journals News Authorship and News Sources: Impacts on Environmental Coverage in The Nigerian Press

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Ogadimma C. Emenyeonu ◽  
Bahtiar Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Investigative Reporting ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Environmental News ◽  
Official Sources ◽  
Shed Light

<em><em>This study examines the impacts of news authorship and news sources on environmental coverage in the Nigerian press to shed light on the roles they play in news construction. The study finds that journalists in conjunction with policy makers are the catalyst for environmental information, whereas citizens who are pivotal in creating relevant public opinion on environmental issues are left behind. The study reveals that investigative reporting lacks in environmental coverage because most coverage are events driven which explains why environmental news is reported as straight news and as such journalists rely heavily on official sources rather than subsidiary sources. The study opines that for proper environmental coverage, journalists must choose sources from both main and subsidiary actors and revert to proactive, investigative and interpretive reporting so as to make environmental stories relatable to the intended audiences.</em></em>

scholarly journals Risk, Stigma, Trustworthiness, and Citizen Participation—A Multifaceted Analysis of Media Coverage of Dioxin Contamination in Midland, Michigan

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 4165
Author(s):  
Jie Zhuang ◽  
Jeffrey G. Cox ◽  
Minwoong Chung ◽  
Joseph A. Hamm ◽  
Adam Zwickle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
News Media ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Dioxin Contamination

In the United States, more than 200 communities are designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as areas of concern for dioxins. Informing the public about potential risks associated with dioxins and delivering information about how to avoid such risks are essential activities. News coverage of environmental and health problems affects how members of the public assess those problems in terms of both severity and how they are understood, as well as the extent of attention given to the problem by policy-makers. To contextualize public and institutional responses to dioxin contamination and remediation in a dioxin-affected community, we assessed 176 newspaper articles published over 30 years concerning dioxin contamination in Midland, Michigan, in terms of risk, trust in institutions, environmental stigma, and citizen participation. Articles about dioxin contamination and remediation in Midland appeared in both domestic and international newspapers. Domestically, both national and local newspapers covered this issue. The risks for human health and the environment caused by exposure to dioxins were widely covered, with much less media attention given to the trustworthiness of the organizations responsible for managing the risk, environmental stigma, and citizen participation. News coverage of these four themes also changed significantly overtime. Overall, our findings highlight the important role of local news media in communicating risk information, guiding safe behaviors, and facilitating community-level decision-making.

scholarly journals TERPAAN BERITA LINGKUNGAN DAN RASA INGIN TAHU TENTANG ISU LINGKUNGAN SERTA PERILAKU PENOLAKAN PRODUK TIDAK RAMAH LINGKUNGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Sunu Probo Baskoro ◽  
Muhammad Zid ◽  
Samadi Samadi
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Free Variables ◽  
Tv News ◽  
Environmental News ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This research is the research of korelasional consisting of two free variables and bound variables are one. Free variables in this study was exposure to Environmental News and curiosity over environmental issues, while the bound variable is the behavior for the rejection of products are not eco-friendly. The purpose of this research was to know is there a relationship between exposure to Environmental News with Rejection Behavior products are not eco-friendly, well know is the relationship between Curiosity over environmental issues with no Product Rejection Behavior Eco-friendly as well as the relationship of the second variable is free i.e. exposure to Environmental News and curiosity over environmental issues with Rejection Behavior products are not eco-friendly. Research carried out on Nationwide News Agency employee Among TV news coverage of Division in December 2018 until January 2019. Using the sample as many as 60 people were taken using a simple random sampling method, using the technique of data collection questionnaire and field observations. The research found that there is a positive relationship between exposure to Environmental News with Rejection Behavior products are not eco-friendly, in addition also found a positive relationship between Curiosity over environmental issues with Rejection Behavior Products are not eco-friendly. The second variable is free it also has a positive relationship with the behaviour of the rejection of products are not eco-friendly. When exposure to Environmental News and curiosity over environmental issues is improved then the behavior of the rejection of products are not eco-friendly.

scholarly journals Green journalism and global environment

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Nandini Chakraborty ◽  
Tapati Basu
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Taking Action

The study aims to determine, that, media coverage is important to influence people for environmental awareness and taking action in the cases of environmental protection. Primary data analysis has done for graphical representation of data. Research shows that, a large number of respondents agreed that, media coverage can generate awareness to environmental issues and disaster management. So, from the statistical analysis, we can say that green journalism and  environmental Journalists, as well as mass media are playing a vital role to protect the environment. Media has uncommon occasions to gain the societies and policy makers the value of biodiversity in giving financial and ecological services and thereby promote its conservation, sustainable use and impartial sharing of benefits.

Towards A Green World: an Islamic Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (08) ◽  
pp. 20181-20193
Author(s):  
Mohammad Zakir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Race ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Human Control ◽  
North And South ◽  
World Environment

The state of world environment and natural resources are in disastrous condition in today's global village. Most of the components of ecosystems are looming in the manner that apparently seems to have gone almost beyond human control. Environmental issues thus have become a matter of urgent and utter concern for the policy makers. of both North and South, international organizations, development partners, practitioners, academicians and civil society. At this perilous condition, for which human race is the sole responsible, what else actually remains to thwart the crawling catastrophe and get back the livable environ­ment? Keeping this question in the forefront, this paper seeks to delve into the state of current environmental crises and scarcities, review mainstream and Islamic understanding of the issues and extract policy directives from Islamic worldview.

scholarly journals How the News Media Cover Environmental Issues in United Kingdom: A Comprehensive Study of Mexico Gulf Oil Spill Disaster in 2010

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Sun
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
News Media ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Gulf Oil Spill ◽  
The Times ◽  
Environmental News ◽  
The Guardian

It is widely known that an increasing number of attentions have paid on environmental issues and meanwhile, the mass media promotes its role in helping define the concept and field of environment and also bringing environmental issues into social attention. This paper intends to investigate how news media in covering environmental issues in United Kingdom through the perspective of Mexico Gulf oil spill incident in 2010 particularly. In details, this study focuses more on the study of trends and patterns of news coverage on oil spill disaster during the research process. The sample is made up of two mainstream newspapers in UK (the Times and the Guardian) which are selected based on circulation figures and politically centre-based figures from April 2010 to April 2011. This study employs content analysis as its primary methodology to observe the trends and patterns of news coverage. In addition, this study not only discovers characteristics, trends and patterns of each newspaper but also uses comparative way to discover differences and similarities in order to investigate how national newspapers differ from each other when focusing on the same environmental news. Through the investigation step by step, this study answers the hypothesis and concludes that news media cover environmental issues in a particular ways as they adopt different trends and patterns in coverage while they still have some ways in common.

Country Risk Analysis of Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahidur Rahman ◽  
Jannatul Ferdous Bristy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Political Risk ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Country Risk ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Financial Factors ◽  
Political Economic

In the endeavor of conquering the worlds consumers, multinational companies face enormous risks. Such risks may arise from different political, economic, and financial factors. These factors are commonly referred to country risk as a whole. Focusing Bangladesh in this regard, objective of this study is to find out the level of country risk in terms of political, economic, and financial riskiness. Analysis of country risk has been done using an internationally recognized methodology named International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). For political risk analysis, primary data has been collected from 20 journalists, bureaucrats and policy makers, business persons, corporate professionals, and academicians with a structured closed-ended questionnaire. Results indicate that Bangladesh is in high risk position in terms of political risk, low risk position in terms of economic risk and very low risk position in terms of financial risk. Compositely, Bangladesh has been found to be a moderately risky country for investment.

Toward Unity among Environmentalists

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan G. Norton
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Control Growth

Today, six out of ten Americans describe themselves as "active" environmentalists or as "sympathetic" to the movement's concerns. The movement, in turn, reflects this millions-strong support in its diversity, encompassing a wide spectrum of causes, groups, and sometimes conflicting special interests. For far-sighted activists and policy makers, the question is how this diversity affects the ability to achieve key goals in the battle against pollution, erosion, and out-of-control growth. This insightful book offers an overview of the movement -- its past as well as its present -- and issues the most persuasive call yet for a unified approach to solving environmental problems. Focusing on examples from resource use, pollution control, protection of species and habitats, and land use, the author shows how the dynamics of diversity have actually hindered environmentalists in the past, but also how a convergence of these interests around forward-looking policies can be effected, despite variance in value systems espoused. The book is thus not only an assessment of today's movement, but a blueprint for action that can help pull together many different concerns under a common banner. Anyone interested in environmental issues and active approaches to their solution will find the author's observations both astute and creative.

The Entrepreneurial University: Evidence of the Changing Role of Universities in Modern Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Williams ◽  
Alexey Kluev
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
New Type ◽  
Changing Role

This paper examines the evolution of the entrepreneurial function of Russia's leading universities: the study is based on a conceptualization of a university's entrepreneurial development pathway developed by the OECD in 2009. The data on entrepreneurship development were collected in 2012 through a survey of technology transfer and innovation development managers of 18 National Research Universities. The primary data were complemented by desktop analysis of the strategy development documents of the universities surveyed. The results suggest that in the period studied, 2008–2012, a new type of university, the entrepreneurial university, has emerged in Russia. However, these entrepreneurial universities are facing serious challenges in the implementation of an entrepreneurial, innovation-oriented mission due to the lack of managerial competencies and inadequate infrastructure development. The paper has significant theoretical and practical implications in shedding light on the development of the entrepreneurial university in Russia, where the process is still in its infancy. The authors depict a trajectory of entrepreneurial transformation in and barriers to this process that, it is argued, university executives and policy makers should take into consideration.

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