Wester Julia, Turffs Dylann, McEntee Kela, Pankow Christian, Perni Nicholas, Jerome Jacob, Macdonald Catherine
Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, 1365 Memorial Drive #230, Coral Gables, FL, 33124, USA.
Field School, 3109 Grand Avenue #154, Miami, FL, 33133, USA.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jan;30(2):3804-3816. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22475-1. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
Environmental media discourse analysis allows researchers to explore thematic patterns in media coverage of environmental issues through qualitative observations and quantitative coding. In this paper, we review newspaper media coverage in Florida pertaining to the connections between agriculture, other non-point pollution sources, and downstream ecosystem health. We analyzed 930 articles from 2007 through 2019 to determine common patterns in how these issues are covered by Florida media, including patterns in the causes of environmental problems, potential solutions, and stakeholders mentioned. Findings suggest that water quality problems are often framed as unpredictable or episodic rather than chronic, and as requiring (and only potentially being remediated by) state-level centralized technological or infrastructural solutions. Stakeholder relationships are framed as adversarial, with environmentalists and the agricultural sector as opponents. This case study highlights key power dynamics, barriers, and opportunities for better managing and communicating about agricultural land use practices and associated downstream environmental impacts.
环境媒体话语分析使研究人员能够通过定性观察和定量编码来探索媒体对环境问题报道中的主题模式。在本文中，我们回顾了佛罗里达州报纸媒体关于农业、其他非点源污染源与下游生态系统健康之间联系的报道。我们分析了2007年至2019年的930篇文章，以确定佛罗里达州媒体在报道这些问题时的常见模式，包括环境问题的成因模式、潜在解决方案以及提及的利益相关者。研究结果表明，水质问题通常被描述为不可预测的或偶发的，而非长期存在的，并且需要（且只有通过）州一级的集中式技术或基础设施解决方案才能得到治理。利益相关者关系被描述为对抗性的，环保主义者和农业部门是对立双方。本案例研究突出了关键的权力动态、障碍以及更好地管理和沟通农业土地使用实践及其相关下游环境影响的机会。
