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This research examines the trajectory of the contested field of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of relevant science policy reports, news media journalism, and congressional hearings. The analysis reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the controversial field of geoengineering.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Section I: Climate, Geoengineering, Risk, and Modernity
Introduction: Climate Crisis, Global Risk, and Geoengineering
Chapter 1: Risk, Climate Politics, and the Challenge of Reflexive Modernization
Section II: Scientific Discourse and the Construction of Legitimacy
Chapter 2: Science Policy Reports and the Framing of Geoengineering
Chapter 3: Science Policy Reports and the Construction of Legitimacy: Research, Actors, and Public Engagement
Section III: Journalism and Presenting Geoengineering to the Public
Chapter 4: Geoengineering Presented to the Public: Narratives and Trends in News Media, 1991-2016
Chapter 5: News Media Framing and Discursive Presentation of Geoengineering
Section IV: Congressional Hearings
Chapter 6: Geoengineering in the Political Sphere: Congressional Hearings, 2009-2017
Section V: Technology and Reflexivity
Conclusion: Interconnections, High Technology, and Reflexive Modernization
References
About the Author
About the author
Brynna Jacobson teaches as part-time faculty in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Francisco.
Summary
This research examines the trajectory of the contested field of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of relevant science policy reports, news media journalism, and congressional hearings. The analysis reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the controversial field of geoengineering.
