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A Mixed-Methods Content Analysis Case Study of Frames and Ideologies in Mainstream Environmental News

Kelvin, William
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3188-2646
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574180978267725

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Communication and Information.
This dissertation was a mixed-methods content analysis and comparative case study of two environmental news stories running between 2010-2015. During this period, the Keystone XL pipeline expansion proposal and the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which produced the largest oil spill in U.S. history, both generated extensive coverage. Articles analyzed come from mainstream U.S. corporate news outlets: the daily newspapers The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and weekly periodicals Time and Newsweek. One goal was building on research regarding types and proportions of environmental ideologies present in mainstream mass media content. The first step was a qualitative textual analysis; the news texts were examined to discover frames relevant to environmental ideologies, using Entman's (2004) conception of frames. Six unique frames were discovered, then thematically sorted by support or critique of the status quo. Categorizing the frames on Corbett's (2006) Spectrum of Environmental Ideologies contributed to the project's second phase, quantitative content analyses. Articles were coded for the presence or absence of each frame; data produced were analyzed for ideologies' frequencies of appearances. Hypotheses were based on two established news models, the propaganda model and the cascading activation model. Neither had previously been extensively deployed regarding environmental or domestic news stories. The findings shed insight into how environmental ideologies are represented in the mediated U.S. public sphere, and suggest refinement for the Spectrum of Environmental Ideologies.
Danielle Coombs, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Paul Haridakis, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Yesim Kaptan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Steven Hook, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
298 p.
Communication; Environmental Studies; Journalism
environmental communication, framing, environmental ideologies, propaganda model, cascading activation model, qualitative content analysis, news, mass media, Keystone XL, Deepwater Horizon

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  • Kelvin, W. (2019). A Mixed-Methods Content Analysis Case Study of Frames and Ideologies in Mainstream Environmental News [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574180978267725

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kelvin, William. A Mixed-Methods Content Analysis Case Study of Frames and Ideologies in Mainstream Environmental News . 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574180978267725.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kelvin, William. "A Mixed-Methods Content Analysis Case Study of Frames and Ideologies in Mainstream Environmental News ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574180978267725

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