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
Table of Contents
Author Presentation xi
Introduction xix
Andrea CATELLANI and Grégoire LITS
Chapter 1 Challenges to the Agroecological Transition: Can We Talk About “Agribashing” in France? 1
François ALLARD-HUVER
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 “Agribashing”, a formula? 3
1.3 Inclusion in the media agenda 4
1.4 Disqualification of dissenting voices 8
1.5 Conclusion 10
1.6 References 11
Chapter 2 A “Showcase Agriculture” Around Cities? Urban Food Policies, a Communication Tool for Farmers’ Organizations 15
Jeanne PAHUN
2.1 The agricultural aspects of urban food policies 16
2.2 Collaborations between local agricultural elites and municipal or metropolitan teams 18
2.3 Communication issues at the heart of collaborations between local agricultural elites and urban centers 19
2.4 Conclusion 21
2.5 References 22
Chapter 3 Local Conflicts Around Creative Development Projects 25
Bruno LEFÈVRE
3.1 Local public spaces that “repoliticize” public decision-making 26
3.2 Local tensions generated by challenging the frames of thought and modalities of construction of public decision-making 28
3.3 Objects of the conflict configured by mediated discourses 30
3.4 Consultation mechanisms and bodies ineffective for shared construction of the project 32
3.5 Conclusion 36
3.6 References 37
Chapter 4 Mid-Mountains in Transition: From Tension to Relatedness 39
Amélie COULBAUT-LAZZARINI
4.1 Mid-mountains in transition: context, questions and methods 39
4.1.1 Transitions, deconfinements and links to the environment 39
4.1.2 Transitions, questions and methods 40
4.2 Mid-mountains, mediation and models of society: communication as basis for a common project? 41
4.2.1 Socio-environmental measures for implementing links 42
4.2.2 Humorous visual communication 42
4.2.3 Human mediators to be found 44
4.2.4 From the visual to the sensory: guides, treasure hunts and giant animals 44
4.3 Conclusion/questions for consideration: relatedness, key to development for the mid-mountains? 46
4.4 References 47
Chapter 5 The Mountains in Transition: Introducing Scientific Culture into Tourism Under the Influence of “All Skiing” 49
Mikaël CHAMBRU, Cécilia CLAEYS and Quentin DAVEAU
5.1 Introduction 49
5.2 A tourism diversification project deprived of its scientific territorialities 50
5.3 A scientific tourism project derailed by the influence of winter tourism 52
5.4 Conclusion 53
5.5 References 54
Chapter 6 Offshore Wind Power on Facebook: “Reframing” Media Coverage of the Energy Transition 57
Catherine QUIROGA CORTÉS
6.1 Methodological approach 58
6.2 Results 60
6.2.1 Observation of Facebook use 60
6.2.2 Characterization and comparison of discourses 60
6.3 Conclusion 65
6.4 References 66
Chapter 7 “Y’a le feu au lac!”: Podcasts and Ecological Transitions 69
Erika RIBERI and Pauline AMIEL
7.1 Method 70
7.2 Results 74
7.2.1 Diversity of dimensions 74
7.2.2 Plurality of actors 74
7.2.3 Possible courses of action 75
7.3 Conclusion 77
7.4 References 78
Chapter 8 Analyzing an Ecological Controversy on YouTube: Obstacles and Methodological Issues 79
Bi Mathieu TRA, Jean-Claude DOMENGET and Orélie DESFRICHES-DORIA
8.1 Introduction 79
8.2 Addressing a controversy on socio-digital media: epistemological pluralism 81
8.3 Methodological approaches 83
8.4 Conclusion 89
8.5 References 90
Chapter 9 Sustainability Transitions in Tension: Sustainability Transitions in the Discourse of Eco-Shaming 93
Kimberley VANDENHOLE
9.1 Sustainability transition: what’s in a name? 93
9.2 Analysis of the eco-shaming discourse and its notion of sustainability transitions 94
9.3 Sustainability transition in the eco-shaming discourse 95
9.4 One sustainability transition among others 98
9.5 Conclusion 99
9.6 References 99
Chapter 10 Discursive Controversies Around Electric Vehicles in France: Between Ecological Transition and Doubt 101
Albin WAGENER
10.1 Introduction 101
10.2 Theoretical and methodological framework 102
10.3 Corpus 104
10.4 Narrative analysis 110
10.5 Conclusion 112
10.6 References 112
Chapter 11 What Has Ecological Transition Become the Name for? 115
Brigitte SEBBAH and Natacha SOUILLARD
11.1 Between the groundswell and the economic situation, the ecological transition buffeted but central 117
11.2 Ecological transition: a depoliticized expert notion 120
11.3 Implementing the ecological transition, between territorial economic development and a changing world 121
11.4 Conclusion 125
11.5 References 126
Chapter 12 Labels as a Process of Institutionalization of Environmental Themes 129
Catherine LONEUX and Céline PASCUAL ESPUNY
12.1 Regulation and communication 131
12.2 Regulation and societal change 132
12.3 References 137
Chapter 13 Comparative Analysis of Ecologist Discourses Produced for the Web in France 139
Jules DILÉ-TOUSTOU
13.1 Ecology at the heart of a semantic struggle 140
13.2 Selection of organizations representative of the ecologist struggle in France and distinguishing their info-communicational methods 142
13.3 Textometric analysis of discourse on websites 145
13.4 Discussion 147
13.5 Appendix: list of field observations 149
13.6 References 149
Chapter 14 Contrastive Analysis of Enunciation in Digital Citizen Participation 153
Antoine GABORIAU and Catherine DOMINGUÈS
14.1 Introduction 153
14.2 Production of the positioning of the enunciator 155
14.3 Objects of the discourse linked to the enunciator 157
14.4 Conclusion 161
14.5 References 162
Chapter 15 Political Mediations in the Case of Energy Transition: Deep Geothermal Energy as Perceived by Local Residents 163
Cyrille BODIN, Philippe CHAVOT, Anne MASSERAN, Yeny SERRANO and Jean ZOUNGRANA
15.1 Evaluating the benefits and risks of deep geothermal energy 165
15.2 The challenges and shortcomings of a policy of popularization 167
15.3 Conclusion: reinventing territorial political mediations of the energy transition? 168
15.4 References 169
List of Authors 171
Index 175
