May 11th at 10:00 am, Dani McLaughlin will present her capstone research. All interested NRES online students are invited to attend virtually.
Summary of topic: The recent expansion in the development of unconventional sources of natural gas in the U.S., specifically the Marcellus shale-rich state of Pennsylvania, has generated policy and public controversy. The media discourse about fracking in Central Westmoreland County has often been negative, based on media coverage, newspaper articles, and the development of numerous opposition groups. This study uses Q-methodology to examine emergent perspectives and sub-discourses with the fracking opposition debate. The analysis reveals four different narratives of perspectives among people actively involved in locally opposing fracking.
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For further questions about the seminar, please contact Renee Gracon at gracon1@illinois.edu.