Environmental disaster meets state politics: an analysis of the representation of the Pacific Adventurer oil spill during and following the 2009 Queensland state election

Meissner, Katie (2012) Environmental disaster meets state politics: an analysis of the representation of the Pacific Adventurer oil spill during and following the 2009 Queensland state election. Australian Journal of Communication, 39 2: 101-117.

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Author Meissner, Katie
Title Environmental disaster meets state politics: an analysis of the representation of the Pacific Adventurer oil spill during and following the 2009 Queensland state election
Journal name Australian Journal of Communication  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank B)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2012-10-01
Sub-type Article
Volume number 39
Issue number 2
ISSN 0811-6202
Start page 101
End page 117
Total pages 17
Place of publication Brisbane, Australia
Publisher University of Queensland * School of English
Collection year 2013
Language eng
Abstract This study describes the media portrayal of the oil spiff by the container ship the Pacific Adventurer, which took place off the Queensland coast, near Brisbane, on 11 March 2009, during the state election campaign. A content analysis was applied to The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail using a sample of 80 print articles. The study identifies adversarial, episodic, and governmental frames, with political and government sources the most commonly used. Contextual information concerning socio-economic and environmental impacts was largely absent. These results conform to findings found in international studies of media coverage of oil spilfs. Furthermore, and contrary to expectations, the timing of the disaster during the election campaign appeared to have had little effect on how the disaster was reported.
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ
Additional Notes Published Master of Communication Thesis, supervised by Dr Kitty van Vuuren

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