Portrayal of the nitrogen debate in Dutch newspapers

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Authors

Marin Visscher, Stefano Cucurachi, Ionica Smeets

Abstract

How sustainability challenges are relayed to the public is paramount to tackling such issues timely. However, there is still a lot to learn about the communication system between sustainability experts and the public. We looked at how Dutch newspapers portrayed the Dutch nitrogen debate that has been going on since 2019. 160 articles from four Dutch national daily newspapers were analyzed for their usage of frames and featuring of actors. The articles reflected no differences in usage of frames, however, actor portrayal varied significantly between newspapers: environmental experts appeared more often in De Volkskrant, there seemed to be a negative relationship between the number of portrayed farmers and construction workers, and popular newspaper De Telegraaf showed more signs of partisanship than the other newspapers.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/rqbdy

Subjects

Communication, Environmental Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

industrial ecology, newspapers, nitrogen, Science Communication

Dates

Published: 2022-02-21 02:07

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CC-By Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International