Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory?
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Resumo: | In this article we analyze how media coverage for environmental actors (individual environmental activists and environmental movement organizations) is associated with their perceived policy influence in Canadian climate change policy networks. We conceptualize media coverage as the total number of media mentions an actor received in Canada’s two main national newspapers—the Globe and Mail and National Post. We conceptualize perceived policy influence as the total number of times an actor was nominated by other actors in a policy network as being perceived to be influential in domestic climate change policy making in Canada. Literature from the field of social movements, agenda setting, and policy networks suggests that environmental actors who garner more media coverage should be perceived as more influential in policy networks than actors who garner less coverage. We assess support for this main hypothesis in two ways. First, we analyze how actor attributes (such as the type of actor) are associated with the amount of media coverage an actor receives. Second, we evaluate whether being an environmental actor shapes the association between media coverage and perceived policy influence. We find a negative association between media coverage and perceived policy influence for individual activists, but not for environmental movement organizations. This case raises fundamental theoretical questions about the nature of relations between media and policy spheres, and the efficacy of media for signaling and mobilizing policy influence. |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory?climate change; discourse networks; environment; media coverage; policy networks; social movementsIn this article we analyze how media coverage for environmental actors (individual environmental activists and environmental movement organizations) is associated with their perceived policy influence in Canadian climate change policy networks. We conceptualize media coverage as the total number of media mentions an actor received in Canada’s two main national newspapers—the Globe and Mail and National Post. We conceptualize perceived policy influence as the total number of times an actor was nominated by other actors in a policy network as being perceived to be influential in domestic climate change policy making in Canada. Literature from the field of social movements, agenda setting, and policy networks suggests that environmental actors who garner more media coverage should be perceived as more influential in policy networks than actors who garner less coverage. We assess support for this main hypothesis in two ways. First, we analyze how actor attributes (such as the type of actor) are associated with the amount of media coverage an actor receives. Second, we evaluate whether being an environmental actor shapes the association between media coverage and perceived policy influence. We find a negative association between media coverage and perceived policy influence for individual activists, but not for environmental movement organizations. This case raises fundamental theoretical questions about the nature of relations between media and policy spheres, and the efficacy of media for signaling and mobilizing policy influence.Cogitatio2020-06-02info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i2.2595oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2595Politics and Governance; Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Policy Debates and Discourse Network Analysis; 298-3102183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2595https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i2.2595https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2595/2595https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/downloadSuppFile/2595/1110Copyright (c) 2020 Adam C. Howe, Mark C. J. Stoddart, David B. Tindallhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHowe, Adam C.Stoddart, Mark C. J.Tindall, David B.2022-12-22T15:16:51Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2595Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:31.284292Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? Howe, Adam C. climate change; discourse networks; environment; media coverage; policy networks; social movements |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Media Coverage and Perceived Policy Influence of Environmental Actors: Good Strategy or Pyrrhic Victory? |
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Howe, Adam C. |
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Howe, Adam C. Stoddart, Mark C. J. Tindall, David B. |
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Stoddart, Mark C. J. Tindall, David B. |
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Howe, Adam C. Stoddart, Mark C. J. Tindall, David B. |
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climate change; discourse networks; environment; media coverage; policy networks; social movements |
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climate change; discourse networks; environment; media coverage; policy networks; social movements |
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In this article we analyze how media coverage for environmental actors (individual environmental activists and environmental movement organizations) is associated with their perceived policy influence in Canadian climate change policy networks. We conceptualize media coverage as the total number of media mentions an actor received in Canada’s two main national newspapers—the Globe and Mail and National Post. We conceptualize perceived policy influence as the total number of times an actor was nominated by other actors in a policy network as being perceived to be influential in domestic climate change policy making in Canada. Literature from the field of social movements, agenda setting, and policy networks suggests that environmental actors who garner more media coverage should be perceived as more influential in policy networks than actors who garner less coverage. We assess support for this main hypothesis in two ways. First, we analyze how actor attributes (such as the type of actor) are associated with the amount of media coverage an actor receives. Second, we evaluate whether being an environmental actor shapes the association between media coverage and perceived policy influence. We find a negative association between media coverage and perceived policy influence for individual activists, but not for environmental movement organizations. This case raises fundamental theoretical questions about the nature of relations between media and policy spheres, and the efficacy of media for signaling and mobilizing policy influence. |
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