Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media
The media's role in shaping Arctic perceptions receives little attention among northern scholars, yet this is where most citizens obtain information about the Arctic. Given the region's geographical remoteness, the media take on substantial power to influence citizens' perceptions. Th...
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ftunbcolumbiadc:oai:unbc.arcabc.ca:unbc_15563 2024-05-19T07:35:39+00:00 Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media Mutual, Alycia (Author) Wilson, Gary (Thesis advisor) Romanets, Maryna (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2016 electronic Number of pages in document: 166 https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:15563/datastream/PDF/download https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A15563 https://doi.org/10.24124/2016/bpgub1130 English eng University of Northern British Columbia Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Natural resources -- Press coverage -- Beaufort Sea Region Single mothers -- British Columbia Northern -- Economic conditions Sparsely populated areas -- British Columbia Northern -- Social conditions PN4784.O24 M88 2016 Text thesis 2016 ftunbcolumbiadc https://doi.org/10.24124/2016/bpgub1130 2024-04-19T00:30:46Z The media's role in shaping Arctic perceptions receives little attention among northern scholars, yet this is where most citizens obtain information about the Arctic. Given the region's geographical remoteness, the media take on substantial power to influence citizens' perceptions. This research critically examines how print media present resource development in the Beaufort Sea region. The project consists of a qualitative discourse analysis comparing local newspapers with national newspapers (i.e. north-south) as well as Canadian and American newspapers. To learn more about northern media, an additional component of this research includes interviews with six journalists who work in the north (Fairbanks and Yellowknife). The study shows how national newspapers tend to portray industry and the federal government as the main decision-makers when it comes to resource development, whereas local newspapers tend to assert the power of local Indigenous groups and municipal/state/territorial governments. --Leaf ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140947 Thesis Arctic Beaufort Sea Yellowknife UNBC's Digital Institutional Repository (University of Northern British Columbia) |
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The media's role in shaping Arctic perceptions receives little attention among northern scholars, yet this is where most citizens obtain information about the Arctic. Given the region's geographical remoteness, the media take on substantial power to influence citizens' perceptions. This research critically examines how print media present resource development in the Beaufort Sea region. The project consists of a qualitative discourse analysis comparing local newspapers with national newspapers (i.e. north-south) as well as Canadian and American newspapers. To learn more about northern media, an additional component of this research includes interviews with six journalists who work in the north (Fairbanks and Yellowknife). The study shows how national newspapers tend to portray industry and the federal government as the main decision-makers when it comes to resource development, whereas local newspapers tend to assert the power of local Indigenous groups and municipal/state/territorial governments. --Leaf ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140947 |
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Mutual, Alycia (Author) Wilson, Gary (Thesis advisor) Romanets, Maryna (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) |
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Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media |
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Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media |
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Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media |
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Resource development in the Beaufort Sea region through the lens of the media |
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https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:15563/datastream/PDF/download https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A15563 https://doi.org/10.24124/2016/bpgub1130 |
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Arctic Beaufort Sea Yellowknife |
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