Media and partisanship in energy transition: Towards a new synthesis

Abstract

The past several years has seen a remarkable advancement in energy transition research rooted in STS scholarship and a large growth in the study of political partisanship situated in disciplines such as social psychology, political science, and sociology. Both areas frequently invoke the role of media, yet rarely link media consumption patterns or media content to more conventional types of data such as surveys. We propose a hybrid framework that integrates media, partisanship, and energy transition scholarship in a way that links media to behaviors, attitudes, and the making and re-making of energy systems.