title: Representations of energy policy and technology in British and Finnish newspaper media: a comparative perspective.
abstract: This article analyses media representations of the strengthening technological energy policy orientation in the UK and Finland. Drawing from over 1200 newspaper articles from 1991 to 2006, it scrutinises how energy policy in general and energy technologies in particular have been discussed by the media in these two countries, and how the media representations have changed over time. The results point to the importance of national political, economic and cultural features in shaping media discussions. At the same time, international political events and ideas of technology-driven economic growth have transformed media perceptions of energy technologies. While the British media have been rather critical towards national policies throughout the period of analysis, the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has supported successive national governments. In both countries, energy technologies have increasingly become linked to global societal and political questions.
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teräväinen
mesh_terms: D005387:Finland; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D009678:Nuclear Energy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy / Q000639:trends*; D013672:Technology; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: climate policy; energy policy; energy technology; media representations