www.ccp-online.org | CCP 2 (2008): 22-44
Broadcasting environmental expertise - maintaining collective sentiments
Abstract: Use of experts in media coverage about the environment is not confined to its information function. Voices of expertise are also invested in ritual functions of societal communication as these are built around common consensual world views as well as conflict and dissension. This article presents theoretical discussions and examples from a case study of Danish television news coverage of the environment supporting such an understanding of expertise in media.
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Article: Broadcasting environmental expertise - maintaining collective sentiments (final version) |
Contact:
Lars Kjerulf Petersen
National Environmental Research Institute,
Aarhus University, Denmark,
Email: lkpe@dmu.dk