Textual Analysis and Social Science: A Case Study of Discourses of Risk in U.S. Media Coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

What is it about?

This article demonstrates how I conducted a media analysis of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster.

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Why is it important?

In a global information age, most of our information about the world comes through media. None of these are neutral representations of fact. It is imperative that scholars have skills to systematically analyze how relations of power shape public discourses on disasters, events, and actions.