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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Why Researching Climate Change Discourses in China? -- 1.1 Empirical Research Puzzle -- 1.1.1 Why Climate Change Issues? -- 1.1.2 Why China? -- 1.1.3 Why Three Critical Policy Moments? -- 1.1.4 Why Newspapers? -- 1.2 Theoretical Research Puzzle -- 1.2.1 Why Discourses and Discourse Networks? -- 1.2.2 Why Climate Change Discourse? -- 1.2.3 Why Social Constructionism? -- 1.2.4 Why Discourse Network Approach? -- 1.3 Contribution to Knowledge and the Research Gap -- 1.4 Research Questions and Expectations -- 1.5 The Structure of the Research -- References -- 2 Climate Change Politics, Journalism and Coverage of China -- 2.1 The Trajectory of Climate Change Politics of China -- 2.1.1 The Development of China's Climate Change Institutions -- 2.1.2 China's Engagement in Global Climate Change Politics -- 2.2 Economic Development in China -- 2.2.1 Background -- 2.2.2 Economic Factors Influencing Climate Change Policy -- 2.3 Energy Consumption and Emissions -- 2.3.1 Energy Mix -- 2.3.2 Energy Intensity and Emissions -- 2.3.3 Energy Factors Influencing Climate Change Policy -- 2.4 Environmental Crisis and China's Vulnerability to Climate Change -- 2.5 International Factors Influencing Climate Change Policy -- 2.6 Major Actors in Climate Change Policy Making -- 2.6.1 Governmental Actors Influencing Climate Change Policy Making -- 2.6.2 Other Actors Influencing Environmental and Climate Issues -- 2.7 The Key Policies at the Critical Points -- 2.7.1 China's National Climate Change Programme in 2007 -- 2.7.2 Chinese Positions on the Copenhagen Summit in 2009 -- 2.7.3 The Submission of the INDCs of China to the UNFCCC in 2015 -- 2.8 Climate Change Journalism and Coverage -- 2.8.1 Journalistic Practices and Newsgathering Routines.
2.8.2 Environmental Journalism, Coverage and Communication -- 2.8.3 Climate Change Journalism and Coverage -- 2.8.4 Framing Climate Change -- 2.8.5 News Sources and Claim-Makers -- 2.9 Climate Change Journalism in China -- 2.10 Climate Change Coverage in China -- 2.10.1 The Scope of Climate Change Coverage -- 2.10.2 The Role of the Media in Agenda-Setting -- 2.10.3 Comparative Study of Climate Change Coverage -- 2.11 Conclusion and Research Gap -- References -- 3 Social Constructionism and Environmental Discourses -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Social Constructionism -- 3.3 Social Constructionist Perspective of Understanding Climate Change Issues -- 3.4 Ontological and Epistemological Considerations -- 3.4.1 Ontological considerations -- 3.4.2 Epistemological Considerations -- 3.4.3 An Interpretivist Approach -- 3.5 Discourse -- 3.5.1 What is Discourse? -- 3.5.2 Discourse Analysis -- 3.6 Environmental Discourses -- 3.6.1 Definition of Environmental Discourse -- 3.6.2 Climate Change Discourse -- 3.7 Discourse Network Approach -- 3.7.1 Key Elements of Discourse Coalitions Approach -- 3.7.2 Discourse Network Approach to Studying Discourses of Newspapers -- 3.7.3 Theoretical Travelling of the Discourse Network Approach -- 3.7.4 Discursive Structuration and Institutionalisation Constructed in the Newspapers -- 3.8 Climate Change Discourse Networks in Newspapers in China -- 3.9 Summary -- References -- 4 Mapping Climate Discourse Networks in the Coverage of China -- 4.1 Research Design: Comparative Longitudinal Study -- 4.1.1 Data Collection -- 4.1.2 China's Media System -- 4.2 Identifying Newspapers as Main Data Sources -- 4.2.1 Why selecting newspapers? -- 4.2.1.1 Selecting People's Daily, China Daily, and Southern Weekend as Data Sources -- 4.2.1.2 Selecting People's Daily -- 4.2.1.3 Selecting China Daily -- 4.2.1.4 Selecting Southern Weekend.
4.2.2 Searching, Selecting and Identifying Information -- 4.2.2.1 Searching News Articles -- 4.2.2.2 Identifying News Articles -- 4.2.2.3 Selecting News Articles -- 4.2.2.4 Identifying storylines in textual and contextual considerations -- 4.2.2.5 Identifying the Actors Cited in the Coverage -- 4.2.3 Labelling Discourses and Linking Storylines to Discourse Networks -- 4.2.3.1 Identifying Key Actors and Main Climate-related Documents -- 4.2.4 Mapping and Analysing Discourse Networks -- 4.2.4.1 Discourse Network Analysis and its Software -- 4.2.4.2 Interpretivist Discourse Network Analysis -- 4.2.4.3 Visualising climate change discourse network -- 4.3 Summary -- References -- 5 Dynamic Climate Change Discourses in China -- 5.1 The Development Discourse and Its Decline -- 5.1.1 Economy -- 5.1.1.1 Development -- 5.1.2 Energy and Emissions -- 5.1.2.1 Energy Consumption -- 5.1.2.2 Energy Mix -- 5.1.2.3 Carbon Sinks -- 5.1.2.4 Resistance to Carbon Cap and Trading System -- 5.1.2.5 Resistance to Targets -- 5.1.3 Public Involvement -- 5.1.3.1 Awareness -- 5.1.4 Science and Ecology -- 5.1.4.1 Adaptation -- 5.1.4.2 Ecology -- 5.1.4.3 Research -- 5.1.4.4 Scientific Certainty -- 5.1.4.5 Uncertainty -- 5.1.5 Responsibility -- 5.1.5.1 The Responsibility of Developed Countries -- 5.1.5.2 Different Responsibilities -- 5.1.5.3 Diplomacy -- 5.1.5.4 The US Responsibilities -- 5.2 The Rise of Ecological Modernisation Discourse -- 5.2.1 Economy -- 5.2.1.1 Economic Tools -- 5.2.2 Energy and Emissions -- 5.2.2.1 Transformation -- 5.2.2.2 Technology -- 5.2.2.3 Carbon Intensity -- 5.2.3 Public Involvement -- 5.2.3.1 Behaviour Change -- 5.2.4 Science and Ecology -- 5.2.4.1 Surviving -- 5.3 The Emergence of Low Carbon Discourse -- 5.3.1 Economy -- 5.3.1.1 Economic Opportunity -- 5.3.2 Energy and Emissions -- 5.3.2.1 Low Carbon Energy -- 5.3.2.2 Market -- 5.3.2.3 Transparency.
5.3.3 Public involvement -- 5.3.3.1 Participation -- 5.3.4 Science and Ecology -- 5.3.4.1 Resilience -- 5.3.4.2 Local Implementation -- 5.3.5 Responsibility -- 5.3.5.1 China's Responsibility -- 5.3.5.2 The Responsibility of Developing Countries -- 5.3.5.3 Major Emitters -- 5.4 Summary -- References -- 6 Various Actors in Making Climate Change Discourses -- 6.1 Features of Social Actors Cited in the Three Newspapers -- 6.1.1 Actors Cited in People's Daily -- 6.1.2 Actors Cited in China Daily -- 6.1.3 Actors Cited in Southern Weekend -- 6.2 Main Actors Frequently Cited in the Coverage -- 6.2.1 International Governmental Organisations -- 6.2.2 International and Regional Organisations -- 6.2.3 Business Actors -- 6.2.4 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) -- 6.2.5 Academic Actors -- 6.2.6 Foreign Governmental Actors -- 6.2.7 Local Actors -- 6.2.8 Famous Individuals -- 6.3 Cases of Analysing Climate Discourses of Various Actors -- 6.3.1 Main National and Ministerial Governmental Actors -- 6.3.2 The United Nations (UN) -- 6.3.3 Energy Sector -- 6.3.4 The State-Owned Companies -- 6.3.5 International Corporate -- 6.3.6 China-Based NGOs -- 6.3.7 Global Environmental NGOs -- 6.3.8 Think Tanks -- 6.3.9 Academic Institutions -- 6.3.10 Key State Actor: The United States -- 6.3.11 Regional Leader: The European Union -- 6.3.12 Developing Country: India -- 6.3.13 Subnational Actors of Other Countries -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Climate Change Discourse Networks in China in 2007, 2009 and 2015 -- 7.1 Policy Rhetoric of Key Documents at the Critical Points -- 7.1.1 National Climate Change Programme in 2007 -- 7.1.2 China's Position in the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in 2009 -- 7.1.3 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) of China in 2015 -- 7.2 Climate Change Discourse Network Analysis of Newspapers in 2007.
7.2.1 The 2007 Climate Discourses in People's Daily -- 7.2.2 The 2007 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in People's Daily -- 7.2.3 The 2007 Climate Discourses in China Daily -- 7.2.4 The 2007 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in China Daily -- 7.2.5 The 2007 Climate Discourses in Southern Weekend -- 7.2.6 The 2007 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in Southern Weekend -- 7.3 Climate Change Discourse Network Analysis of Newspapers in 2009 -- 7.3.1 The 2009 Climate Discourses in People's Daily -- 7.3.2 The 2009 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in People's Daily -- 7.3.3 The 2009 Climate Discourses in China Daily -- 7.3.4 The 2009 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in China Daily -- 7.3.5 The 2009 Climate Discourses in Southern Weekend -- 7.3.6 The 2009 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in Southern Weekend -- 7.4 Climate Change Discourse Network Analysis of Newspapers in 2015 -- 7.4.1 The 2015 Climate Discourses in People's Daily -- 7.4.2 The 2015 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in People's Daily -- 7.4.3 The 2015 Climate Discourses in China Daily -- 7.4.4 The 2015 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in China Daily -- 7.4.5 The 2015 Climate Discourses in Southern Weekend -- 7.4.6 The 2015 Dominant Climate Discourse Networks in Southern Weekend -- 7.5 Summary: Constructed Discursive Change in Climate Coverage from Development to Low Carbon -- References -- 8 Communicating Climate Change Discourses in China -- 8.1 Dominant Climate Change Discourses -- 8.1.1 Development -- 8.1.2 Ecological Modernisation -- 8.1.3 Low Carbon -- 8.1.4 Dynamic Climate Discourses Across Three Newspapers -- 8.2 Various Social Actors of Constructing Climate Change Discourse Networks -- 8.2.1 Storylines, Actors and Discourse Networks -- 8.2.2 Being Aligned with Governmental Actors -- 8.2.3 Competing with Governmental Actors.
8.3 Discursive Structuration and Institutionalisation of Climate Change Coverage.
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Climate change discourse in China / / Sidan Wang
