Detailed Information on Publication Record
2020
What's next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press
OSIČKA, Jan, Jörg KEMMERZELL, Maksymilian ZOLL, Lukáš LEHOTSKÝ, Filip ČERNOCH et. al.Basic information
Original name
What's next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press
Authors
OSIČKA, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jörg KEMMERZELL (276 Germany), Maksymilian ZOLL (276 Germany), Lukáš LEHOTSKÝ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Filip ČERNOCH (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michèle KNODT (276 Germany)
Edition
Energy Research & Social Science, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2020, 2214-6296
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50704 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher
Netherlands
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 6.834
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/20:00114009
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS
000514868000001
Keywords in English
Coal; Media; Agenda setting; Germany; Poland; Czech Republic
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 7/4/2020 19:51, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
V originále
This article addresses the future of coal in the European coal heartland, i.e. in the area of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, which together account for nearly 57% of coal consumption and 87% of coal-mining jobs in the EU. It approaches the problem within the interpretative tradition of social research and explores the coverage of the future of coal in major newspapers and political magazines in the three countries. The results show that despite similar material conditions, the issue is presented in a fundamentally different manner as the media tend follow the dominant energy policy paradigm in their countries: in Germany, they facilitate the phase-out policies; in Poland, they act as an inhibiting factor; while in the Czech Republic, their coverage echoes the political uncertainty around lignite mining in the northwest part of the country. The results also suggest that the media act mainly as a platform for the countries’ decision makers and energy policy stakeholders to voice their perspectives. The prevalent media coverage thus simultaneously enable and constrain policy options by promoting dominant discourses and preventing alternative views from surfacing.
Links
| GJ17-08554Y, research and development project |
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