What is the fracking story in Canada?

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作者
Olive, Andrea [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, 3110 Sid Smith Hall,101 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Geog, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
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关键词
hydraulic fracturing; fracking; media framing; Canada; energy policy; fracturation hydraulique; cadrage mediatique; politique energetique; MEDIA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRINT;
D O I
10.1111/cag.12257
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper examines news media coverage of hydraulic fracturing in Canada over a five-year period in five newspapers. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has reenergized the North American oil and gas market. This technology has increased economic growth, but it also comes with unknown and uncertain environmental and public health risks. Regulation of the fracking industry varies globally. In Canada there are three provinces that engage in large volume fracking and four provinces that have placed a moratorium on fracking. This paper demonstrates that the Canadian fracking story is about five frames: water pollution, economic benefits, uncertain risks, moratoriums, and energy independence. There is a difference between coverage in the two national newspapers as well as a difference in national and provincial coverage. In Nova Scotia, where fracking is banned, the media focuses primarily on environmental issues and benefits to the local economy. In Saskatchewan, where fracking for oil is an essential part of the economy, the media focuses on economic benefits and downplays other frames. Overall, across the five papers, the media coverage is highly selective and focuses on particular stories about the economy or the environment, but not both. Quelle est la chronique de la fracturation hydraulique au Canada?Cet article fait etat de la couverture mediatique liee a la fracturation hydraulique au Canada par cinq journaux sur une periode de cinq ans. La fracturation hydraulique a revitalise le marche nord-americain des hydrocarbures. Cette technologie favorise la croissance economique, mais comporte egalement des risques ecologiques et sanitaires inconnus et incertains. La reglementation regissant l'industrie de la fracturation varie selon les pays. l'echelle canadienne, trois provinces ont realise d'importantes operations de fracturation et quatre provinces ont impose un moratoire a la fracturation hydraulique. Cet article montre que le cadrage mediatique de la fracturation hydraulique repose sur cinq thematiques:la pollution hydrique, les retombees economiques, l'incertitude liee aux risques, les moratoires et la souverainete energetique. Le cadrage mediatique varie entre les deux journaux nationaux ainsi qu'entre les medias nationaux et provinciaux. En Nouvelle-Ecosse, oU la fracturation est interdite, les medias mettent l'accent sur les questions environnementales et les retombees pour l'economie locale. En Saskatchewan, oU la fracturation pour extraire du petrole joue un role economique primordial, les medias se concentrent sur les retombees economiques et minorent l'importance des autres thematiques. Dans l'ensemble, les cinq journaux appliquent un filtre selectif dans le traitement du sujet et publient des reportages specifiques portant sur l'economie ou sur l'environnement, mais pas les deux.
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