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1 Online-Ressource (xi, 270 Seiten)
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9781793635297
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This research examines the trajectory of the contested field of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of relevant science policy reports, news media journalism, and congressional hearings. The analysis reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the controversial field of geoengineering.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Section I: Climate, Geoengineering, Risk, and Modernity -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Geoengineering -- Overview and Preview -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Risk, Climate Politics, and the Challenge of Reflexive Modernization -- Modernity, Risk, and Climate Politics -- Geoengineering and the Challenge of Reflexive Modernization -- The Scientific Framing of Technological Risks -- Note -- Section II: Scientific Discourse and the Construction of Legitimacy -- Chapter 2: Science Policy Reports and the Framing of Geoengineering -- Introduction to the Geoengineering Reports of Scientific Academies -- Defining/Framing the Problem and Matching the Solution -- Plan B Albedo Modification -- Evaluation by Comparison -- Internal Evaluation and Iterative Knowledge Claims -- Normalizing and "Naturalizing" Proposed Techniques -- Comparing Reports -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Science Policy Reports and the Construction of Legitimacy: Research, Actors, and Public Engagement -- Relative Legitimation of Actors and Research -- Transparency, Multilateralism, and Public Participation -- Scientific Experiments and Public Communication: The Case of SCoPEx -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- Section III: Journalism and Presenting Geoengineering to the Public -- Chapter 4: Geoengineering Presented to the Public: Narratives and Trends in News Media, 1991-2016 -- Shifting Sentiment and Move to Mainstream -- Media Treatment of the National Research Council Geoengineering Report -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: News Media Framing and Discursive Presentation of Geoengineering -- Focus on Controversy -- Presenting Geoengineering as a Mitigation Alternative -- The Decoy Effect in Presenting Geoengineering "Options" -- Analogies and Metaphors -- Conclusion.
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ISBN 9781793635280
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Jacobson, Brynna Geoengineering discourse confronting climate change Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022 ISBN 9781793635280
Sprache:
Englisch
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