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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-25T13:26:06Z
dc.date.available2016-02-25T13:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSustainability, 7(2015)12:15900-15922nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2380560
dc.descriptionThis is an Open Access articlenb_NO
dc.description.abstractIn moving society towards more sustainable forms of consumption and production, social learning must play an important role. Making the assumption that it occurs as a consequence of changes in understanding, this article presents a methodology for mapping meanings in sustainability communication texts. The methodology uses techniques from corpus linguistics and framing theory. Two large databases of text were constructed by copying material down from the websites of two different groups of social actors: (i) environmental NGOs and (ii) British green business, and saving it as .txt files. The findings on individual words show that the NGOs and business use them very differently. Focusing on words expressing concern for the natural environment, it is proposed that the two actors also conceptualize their concern differently. Green business‘s cognitive system of concern has two well-developed frames; good intentions and risk management. However, three frames—concern for the natural environment, perception of the damage, and responsibility, are light on detail. In contrast, within the NGOs‘ system of concern, the frames of concern for the natural environment, perception of the damage and responsibility, contain words making detailed representations.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherMDPI AGnb_NO
dc.titleManaging nature - business as usual: resource extraction companies and their representation of natural landscapenb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.journalSustainabilitynb_NO
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su71215791
dc.description.localcode1, OAnb_NO


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