Local media coverage of wildfire disasters: An analysis of problems and solutions in policy narratives

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 849-871

  Crow, Deserai A ^a   Berggren, John ^b   Lawhon, Lydia A ^b   Koebele, Elizabeth A ^b   Kroepsch, Adrianne ^c   Huda, Juhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

natural disasters; Natural hazards; policy change; policy narratives

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEDIA ROLE; POLICY REFORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027043255     PISSN: 23996544     EISSN: 23996552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X16667302     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Albright EA and Crow DA (2015) Extreme Events and Policy Learning: How Communities Recover, Adapt, and Learn. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA., September 2015
2. Arnold RD, (1990) The Logic of Congressional Action, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
3. Baumgartner FR, Jones BD, (2009) Agendas and Instability in American Politics, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
4. Birkland TA, (1997) After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Focusing Events, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
5. Birkland TA, (1998) Focusing events, mobilization, and agenda setting. Journal of Public Policy 18: 53–74.
6. Birkland TA, (2004) Learning and policy improvement after disaster. American Behavioral Scientist 48: 341–364.
7. Birkland TA, (2006) Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change After Catastrophic Events, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
8. Boykoff MT, (2011) Who Speaks for the Climate: Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
9. Crow DA, Berggren J, (2014) Using the narrative policy framework to understand stakeholder strategy and effectiveness: A multi-case analysis. In: Jones MD, Shanahan EA, McBeth MK, (eds) The Science of Stories: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Public Policy Analysis, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 131–156.
10. Crow DA, Lawhon L, Berggren J, et al. (2016) A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of Wildfire Policy Responses. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2016
11. Heikkila T, Pierce J, Gallaher S, (2014) Understanding a period of policy change: The case of hydraulic fracturing disclosure policy in Colorado. Review of Policy Research 31: 65–87.
12. Ho M-C, Shaw D, Lin S, (2008) How do disaster characteristics influence risk perception? Risk Analysis 28: 635–643.
13. Houston JB, Pfefferbaum B, Rosenholtz CE, (2012) Disaster news: Framing and frame changing in coverage of major U.S. natural disasters, 2000–2010. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 89: 606–623.
14. Interior USDot and Agriculture USDo (2001) Urban wildland interface communities within vicinity of federal lands that are at high risk from wildfire. Federal Register. 751–777.
15. Iyengar S, (1990) Framing responsibility for political issues: The case of poverty. Political Behavior 12: 19–40.
16. Jones MD, McBeth MK, (2010) A narrative policy framework: Clear enough to be wrong? Policy Studies Journal 38: 329–353.
17. Jones MD, Shanahan EA, McBeth MK, (2014) The Science of Stories: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Public Policy Analysis, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
18. Kingdon JW, (2003) Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies, New York, NY: Longman.
19. Krippendorf K, (2004) Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
20. Litschert SE, Brown TC, Theobald DM, (2012) Historic and future extent of wildfires in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 269: 124–133.
21. McBeth MK, Jones MD, Shanahan EA, (2014) The narrative policy framework. In: Sabatier PA, Weible CM, (eds) Theories of the Policy Process, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 131–156.
22. McBeth MK, Shanahan EA, (2004) Public opinion for sale: The role of policy marketers in greater yellowstone policy conflict. Policy Sciences 37: 319–338.
23. McBeth MK, Shanahan EA, Arnell RJ, (2007) The intersection of narrative policy analysis and policy change theory. Policy Studies Journal 35: 87–108.
24. McBeth MK, Shanahan EA, Jones MD, (2005) The science of storytelling: Measuring policy beliefs in Greater Yellowstone. Society and Natural Resources 18: 413–429.
25. McCombs ME, (2004) Setting the Agenda: The Mass Media and Public Opinion, Cambridge, UK: Polity.
26. McCombs ME, (2005) A look at agenda-setting: Past, present and future. Journalism Studies 6: 543–557.
27. May PJ, (1990) Reconsidering policy design: Policies and publics. Journal of Public Policy 11: 187–206.
28. Olshansky R, Chang SE, (2009) Planning for disaster recovery: Emerging research needs and challenges. Progress in Planning 72: 200–209.
29. Radeloff VC, Hammer RB, Stewart SI, (2005) The wildland-urban interface in the United States. Ecological Applications 15: 799–805.
30. Rochefort DA, Cobb RW, (1993) Problem definition, agenda access and policy choice. Policy Studies Journal 21: 56–71.
31. Rogers RW, Prentice-Dunn S, (1997) Protection motivation theory. In: Gochman D, (ed.) Handbook of Health Behavior Research I: Personal and Social Determinants, New York, NY: Plenum Press, pp. 113–132.
32. Sabatier PA, Jenkins-Smith H, (1999) The advocacy coalition framework. In: Sabatier PA, (ed.) Theories of the Policy Process, Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
33. Sabatier PA, Weible CM, (2007) The advocacy coalition framework: Innovations and clarifications. In: Sabatier PA, (ed.) Theories of the Policy Process, 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
34. Scheufele DA, (2000) Agenda-setting, priming, and framing revisited: Another look at cognitive effects of political communication. Mass Communication and Society 3: 297–316.
35. Scheufele DA, Tewksbury D, (2007) Framing, agenda setting, and priming: The evolution of three media effects models. Journal of Communication 57: 9–20.
36. Shanahan EA, Jones MD, McBeth MK, (2011a) Policy narratives and policy processes. Policy Studies Journal 39: 535–561.
37. Shanahan EA, McBeth MK, Arnell RJ, (2008) Conduit or contributor? The role of media in policy change theory. Policy Sciences 41: 115–138.
38. Shanahan EA, McBeth MK, Hathaway PL, (2011b) Narrative policy framework: The influence of media policy narrative on public opinion. Politics and Polity 39: 373–400.
39. Slovic P, (1987) Perception of risk. Science 236: 280–285.
40. Stone D, (2011) Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, New York, NY: Norton.
41. US Department of the Interior and US Department of Agriculture (USDOI and USDA) (2001) Urban wildland interface communities within vicinity of federal lands that are at high risk from wildfire. Federal Register 66, 751–777. Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2001/01/04/01-52/urban-wildland-interface-communities-within-the-vicinity-of-federal-lands-that-are-at-high-risk-from#h-24
42. Vulturius G, (2013) Policy change and policy learning for enhanced flood policies at local, subnational, and EU level. In: Keskitalo ECH, (ed.) Climate Change and Flood Risk Management: Adaptation to Extreme Events at the Local Level, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 121–149.
43. White GF, Kates RW, Burton I, (2001) Knowing better and losing even more: The use of knowledge in hazards management. Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards 3: 81–92.
44. Zaller JR, (1992) The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.