Journalism, Politics, and The Dakota Access Pipeline : Standing Rock and the framing of injustice / Ellen Moore.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: media coverage of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline -- The Dakota Access Pipeline, the oilygarchy, and the media: a study in power -- A case of un-coverage? deep media, indigenous representation, and environmental issues -- Framing injustice: U.S media coverage of the Standing Rock movement -- "Could it happen here?" Canadian newspaper framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline -- Law and order: from civil rights to Nixon to Trump, a trope in revival -- Indigenous perspectives on the Dakota Access Pipeline, politics, and the media: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and journalists speak -- Did technology kill the goose that laid the golden egg or save it? new media, old media, and the #nodapl movement.

"This book explores tensions surrounding news media coverage of Indigenous environmental justice issues, identifying them as a fruitful lens through which to examine the political economy of journalism, American history, and contemporary U.S. politics. The book begins by evaluating contemporary American journalism, focusing especially on the relationship between the drive for profit, media ownership, and coverage of environmental justice issues. It then presents the results of a framing analysis of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests (NDAPL) coverage by news outlets in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. These findings are complemented by interviews with Standing Rock tribal members who provide their perspectives on the media. The discussion expands by considering the findings in light of current U.S. politics, including a Trump presidency that employs "law and order" rhetoric regarding people of color and that often subjects environmental issues to an economic "cost-benefit" analysis. The book concludes by considering the role of social media in the era of "Big Oil" and growing Indigenous resistance and power. Examining the complex interplay between social media and traditional journalism, Journalism, Politics, and the Dakota Access Pipeline will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental communication, environmental justice and journalism studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.