From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment

In this paper, we examine narratives of tourism mobility circulated through print news media coverage of Newfoundland published in Canada, the UK, and the USA between 1992 and 2010. Initially articles were situated within a larger narrative of fisheries collapse, rural decline, and out-migration. In...

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Main Authors: Mark C.J. Stoddart, Stephanie Sodero
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17450101.2013.860281
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:10:y:2015:i:3:p:445-465 2023-05-15T17:17:55+02:00 From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment Mark C.J. Stoddart Stephanie Sodero http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17450101.2013.860281 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17450101.2013.860281 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:32:14Z In this paper, we examine narratives of tourism mobility circulated through print news media coverage of Newfoundland published in Canada, the UK, and the USA between 1992 and 2010. Initially articles were situated within a larger narrative of fisheries collapse, rural decline, and out-migration. In recent years, however, the discourse shifted to emphasize how non-human nature, including whales, icebergs, and national parks, serves as a tourism attractor, yielding benefits for rural communities. We draw on Latour's work on political ecology, as well as on Urry's work on tourism, mobility, and climate change, to analyze the eco-political implications of media accounts of tourism and the Newfoundland coastal environment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada
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description In this paper, we examine narratives of tourism mobility circulated through print news media coverage of Newfoundland published in Canada, the UK, and the USA between 1992 and 2010. Initially articles were situated within a larger narrative of fisheries collapse, rural decline, and out-migration. In recent years, however, the discourse shifted to emphasize how non-human nature, including whales, icebergs, and national parks, serves as a tourism attractor, yielding benefits for rural communities. We draw on Latour's work on political ecology, as well as on Urry's work on tourism, mobility, and climate change, to analyze the eco-political implications of media accounts of tourism and the Newfoundland coastal environment.
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Stephanie Sodero
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Stephanie Sodero
From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
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Stephanie Sodero
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title From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
title_short From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
title_full From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
title_fullStr From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
title_full_unstemmed From Fisheries Decline to Tourism Destination: Mass Media, Tourism Mobility, and the Newfoundland Coastal Environment
title_sort from fisheries decline to tourism destination: mass media, tourism mobility, and the newfoundland coastal environment
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