Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793635303 (ISBN)
Geoengineering, the idea of addressing climate change through large-scale technological projects, stands out among contested technologies in the degree to which its scope of possibilities and its premise are characterized by global existential risks. Despite controversy, this field has been shifting toward mainstream consideration. Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change: The Move from Margins to Mainstream in Science, News Media, and Politics examines the trajectory of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of three key genres: science policy reports, news journalism, and congressional hearings. Brynna Jacobson explores how reports from distinguished scientific societies have constructed certain notions of legitimacy around geoengineering, how narratives within news coverage have reflected and shaped the public discourse and understanding of geoengineering, and how geoengineering has garnered political support from both major political parties in the United States. Through analysis of discursive conventions within these genres, the author reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the field of geoengineering.
Brynna Jacobson teaches as part-time faculty in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Francisco.
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Section I: Climate, Geoengineering, Risk, and Modernity
Introduction: Climate Crisis, Global Risk, and Geoengineering
Chapter 1: Risk, Climate Politics, and the Challenge of Reflexive Modernization
Section II: Scientific Discourse and the Construction of Legitimacy
Chapter 2: Science Policy Reports and the Framing of Geoengineering
Chapter 3: Science Policy Reports and the Construction of Legitimacy: Research, Actors, and Public Engagement
Section III: Journalism and Presenting Geoengineering to the Public
Chapter 4: Geoengineering Presented to the Public: Narratives and Trends in News Media, 1991–2016
Chapter 5: News Media Framing and Discursive Presentation of Geoengineering
Section IV: Congressional Hearings
Chapter 6: Geoengineering in the Political Sphere: Congressional Hearings, 2009–2017
Section V: Technology and Reflexivity
Conclusion: Interconnections, High Technology, and Reflexive Modernization
References
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.03.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 4 b/w illustrations; 6 tables; |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 435 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781793635303 / 9781793635303 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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