Transitions in Tension, Volume 3: Controversies and Tensions Around Ecological Transitions (ISTE Invoiced) 3

Transitioning towards a more sustainable world is currently a central topic receiving a lot of attention. As a result, “transitions” are becoming key objects and the drivers of exchanges, communications and controversy in modern society. This book examines the tensions and controversies surrounding the energy, ecological and social transitions currently underway, and it draws on tools developed in the humanities and social sciences, in particular the information and communication sciences. The various case studies gathered here, written by leading experts in environmental communication, examine a wide range of topics; they explore transitions in a number of different fields, from agriculture to territorial policies, and from online and media communication to mechanisms for citizen participation. Transitions in Tension features a wealth of original observations and approaches, enabling readers to fully comprehend the range of controversies and issues facing our society Chapter 1. Challenges to the Agroecological Transition: Can We Talk About “Agribashing” in France? 1.1. Introduction 1.2. “Agribashing”, a formula? 1.3. Inclusion in the media agenda 1.4. Disqualification of dissenting voices 1.5. Conclusion 1.6. References Chapter 2. A “Showcase Agriculture” Around Cities? Urban Food Policies, a Communication Tool for Farmers’ Organizations 2.1. The agricultural aspects of urban food policies 2.2. Collaborations between local agricultural elites and municipal or metropolitan teams 2.3. Communication issues at the heart of collaborations between local agricultural elites and urban centers 2.4. Conclusion 2.5. References Chapter 3. Local Conflicts Around Creative Development Projects 3.1. Local public spaces that “repoliticize” public decision-making 3.2. Local tensions generated by challenging the frames of thought and modalities of construction of public decision-making 3.3. Objects of the conflict configured by mediated discourses 3.4. Consultation mechanisms and bodies ineffective for shared construction of the project 3.5. Conclusion 3.6. References Chapter 4. Mid-Mountains in Transition: From Tension to Relatedness 4.1. Mid-mountains in transition: context, questions and methods 4.1.1. Transitions, deconfinements and links to the environment 4.1.2. Transitions, questions and methods 4.2. Mid-mountains, mediation and models of society: communication as basis for a common project? 4.2.1. Socio-environmental measures for implementing links 4.2.2. Humorous visual communication 4.2.3. Human mediators to be found 4.2.4. From the visual to the sensory: guides, treasure hunts and giant animals 4.3. Conclusion/questions for consideration: relatedness, key to development for the mid-mountains? 4.4. References Chapter 5. The Mountains in Transition: Introducing Scientific Culture into Tourism Under the Influence of “All Skiing” 5.1. Introduction 5.2. A tourism diversification project deprived of its scientific territorialities 5.3. A scientific tourism project derailed by the influence of winter tourism 5.4. Conclusion 5.5. References Chapter 6. Offshore Wind Power on Facebook: “Reframing” Media Coverage of the Energy Transition 6.1. Methodological approach 6.2. Results 6.2.1. Observation of Facebook use 6.2.2. Characterization and comparison of discourses 6.3. Conclusion 6.4. References Chapter 7. “Y’a le feu au lac!”: Podcasts and Ecological Transitions 7.1. Method 7.2. Results 7.2.1. Diversity of dimensions 7.2.2. Plurality of actors 7.2.3. Possible courses of action 7.3. Conclusion 7.4. References Chapter 8. Analyzing an Ecological Controversy on YouTube: Obstacles and Methodological Issues 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Addressing a controversy on socio-digital media: epistemological pluralism 8.3. Methodological approaches 8.4. Conclusion 8.5. References Chapter 9. Sustainability Transitions in Tension: Sustainability Transitions in the Discourse of Eco-Shaming 9.1. Sustainability transition: what’s in a name? 9.2. Analysis of the eco-shaming discourse and its notion of sustainability transitions 9.3. Sustainability transition in the eco-shaming discourse 9.4. One sustainability transition among others 9.5. Conclusion 9.6. References Chapter 10. Discursive Controversies Around Electric Vehicles in France: Between Ecological Transition and Doubt 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Theoretical and methodological framework 10.3. Corpus 10.4. Narrative analysis 10.5. Conclusion 10.6. References Chapter 11. What Has Ecological Transition Become the Name for? 11.1. Between the groundswell and the economic situation, the ecological transition buffeted but central 11.2. Ecological transition: a depoliticized expert notion 11.3. Implementing the ecological transition, between territorial economic development and a changing world 11.4. Conclusion 11.5. References Chapter 12. Labels as a Process of Institutionalization of Environmental Themes 12.1. Regulation and communication 12.2. Regulation and societal change 12.3. References Chapter 13. Comparative Analysis of Ecologist Discourses Produced for the Web in France 13.1. Ecology at the heart of a semantic struggle 13.2. Selection of organizations representative of the ecologist struggle in France and distinguishing their info-communicational methods 13.3. Textometric analysis of discourse on websites 13.4. Discussion 13.5. Appendix: list of field observations 13.6. References Chapter 14. Contrastive Analysis of Enunciation in Digital Citizen Participation 14.1. Introduction 14.2. Production of the positioning of the enunciator 14.3. Objects of the discourse linked to the enunciator 14.4. Conclusion 14.5. References Chapter 15. Political Mediations in the Case of Energy Transition: Deep Geothermal Energy as Perceived by Local Residents 15.1. Evaluating the benefits and risks of deep geothermal energy 15.2. The challenges and shortcomings of a policy of popularization 15.3. Conclusion: reinventing territorial political mediations of the energy transition? 15.4. References List of Authors Index