Dam the news: Newspaper sand the Oldman River Dam project in Alberta

摘要

The Oldman River Dam is a major water control structure built by the Government of Alberta to regulate the flow of the Oldman River. Completed in 1992, the dam was the subject of intensive media coverage in Alberta, Canada, Newspaper coverage of the dam story in two Alberta papers, the Calgary Herlad and the Edmonton Journal, was analysed for the years between 1975 and 1992. This study links coverage with Events that occurred in the case, and analyses the role of the media in the case.