Development Studies
; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
; Public Administration
; Sociology
英文摘要:
Society's understanding of a conflict is mediated by information provided in mass media, for which researchers stress the importance of analyzing media portrays of stakeholders in a conflict. We analyze information from the Bolivian press regarding the construction of a road crossing the Isiboro-Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS). Using stakeholder's and social network analyses, we explore stakeholder's positions and alliances as represented in the media and contrast it with previous scholarly work. We found that some actors cited as central in scholar analyses of the conflict are largely absent in the media (e.g., private investors, conservationist sector) and that the media tend to present stakeholders as having more homogeneous positions than the academic literature does while also neglecting some important alliances in their account. The media also suggests that Indigenous communities are forging stronger alliances with urban sectors and civil society, alliances not stressed by researchers.
1.ICREA, Barcelona, Spain 2.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, ICTA, Barcelona, Spain 3.Univ Helsinki, Fac Biol & Environm Sci, Helsinki Inst Sustainabil Sci HELSUS, GCC, Helsinki, Finland 4.UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Leipzig, Germany 5.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Antropol Social & Cultural, Barcelona, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Reyes-Garcia, Victoria,Andres-Conejero, Oriol,Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro,et al. A Road to Conflict: Stakeholder's and Social Network Analysis of the Media Portrayals of a Social-Environmental Conflict in Bolivia[J]. SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES,2019-01-01,32(4):452-472