Media coverage of four Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Germany : analysis of 1,115 regional newspaper articles
- The results presented in this article illustrate how the local public was informed on specific Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects by regional newspapers in Germany. The analyzed articles were published in four daily newspapers within the German regions where four CO2 onshore storage projects took place or have been planned. The articles were published between 2007 and 2011. In total, 1,115 newspaper articles about the four CO2 onshore storage projects were gathered and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Our results showed that the regional media coverage of CCS projects in Germany reached peaks in 2009 and 2010. The main topics changed within the media coverage and it is worth mentioning to what extent the media coverageThe results presented in this article illustrate how the local public was informed on specific Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects by regional newspapers in Germany. The analyzed articles were published in four daily newspapers within the German regions where four CO2 onshore storage projects took place or have been planned. The articles were published between 2007 and 2011. In total, 1,115 newspaper articles about the four CO2 onshore storage projects were gathered and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Our results showed that the regional media coverage of CCS projects in Germany reached peaks in 2009 and 2010. The main topics changed within the media coverage and it is worth mentioning to what extent the media coverage of CCS disregarded topics with regard to economic, technical, ecological or scientific aspects on CCS. The overall evaluation of CCS within the articles is negative. While commercial CCS projects received more negative evaluation across newspaper articles; opinions about the research and industry project Ketzin were more neutral.…
Document Type: | Peer-Reviewed Article |
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Author: | Katja Pietzner, André Schwarz, Elisabeth Dütschke, Diana Schumann |
URN (citable link): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-57215 |
DOI (citable link): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.750 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Source Title (English): | Energy procedia |
Volume: | 63 |
First Page: | 7141 |
Last Page: | 7148 |
Divisions: | Zukünftige Energie- und Industriesysteme |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
Licence: | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung |