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Pressing the Local Account: a case study of meanings and responsibilities with regard to the local press and a local nature reserve

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:44 authored by John Parry
This case study concerns the effect of meanings and use of language by a local newspaper in relation to an environmental incident in a town in south-east England that will be called Woodbridge. It explores the implications of insensitive, or misleading, use of language over a four-month period towards the end of 1995 through recordings and observations made at the time. The event is explored through the eyes of a local teenager called Tim who was involved in a school environmental education research project and who became a key player in the developing out-of-school conflict. Although the account concerns a controversy that raged several years ago, it nevertheless raises general concerns regarding newspaper coverage of environmental issues at the local level, the tension between profits and reporting truth and the apparent lack of a medium- to long-term approach to environmental issues. All names are fictitious to ensure anonymity in what remains a sensitive memory.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Local Environment

ISSN

1354-9839

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

7

Page range

177-187

Pages

10.0

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  • Education Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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