LEHOTSKÝ, Lukáš, Filip ČERNOCH, Jan OSIČKA and Petr OCELÍK. When climate change is missing : Media discourse on coal mining in the Czech Republic. Energy Policy. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019, vol. 129, June, p. 774-786. ISSN 0301-4215. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.065.
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Original name When climate change is missing : Media discourse on coal mining in the Czech Republic
Authors LEHOTSKÝ, Lukáš (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Filip ČERNOCH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan OSIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr OCELÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Energy Policy, Oxford, Elsevier, 2019, 0301-4215.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50704 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 5.042
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/19:00107346
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.065
UT WoS 000468012900070
Keywords in English Coal mining; Decarbonization; Media; Discourse; Czech Republic; Agenda setting
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Changed: 6/6/2019 09:45.
Abstract
One of the EU's main decarbonization goals is a reduction in the energy use of coal. It would be a mistake, however, to assume that public support for decarbonization can be gained automatically by pointing out threats from climate change, particularly in light of the role coal plays in the local and national economy and in energy security. In this article we search for factors affecting public support for a coal phase-out in media content. According to the theory of agenda setting, the media establishes problems calling for solutions and influences public perceptions of the (un)importance of those problems. We illustrate this case on the example of the Czech Republic. The paper demonstrates that Czech media has cultivated a discursive environment in which coal mining is separated from coal combustion, neglecting the inevitable interconnection of these two processes; coal consumption is not characterized as an environmental problem; and the economic problems of private companies more easily become public problems, making future coal phase-out policies harder to implement.
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GJ17-08554Y, research and development projectName: Výzkum participace na lokální opozici: případ těžby hnědého uhlí v Horním Jiřetíně
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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