ABSTRACT Based on the media discourse analysis of twelve national and six regional Russian online mass media, the study provides critical reflections on the environmental media coverage across two Russian cities following environmental themes including air and water pollution, waste, sustainable transport, energy, environmental civic engagement, and organic food. The findings suggest that the commonalities of the media coverage include the distribution of diagnostic and prognostic framing of motivational, informational articles over analytical, and the domination of discourses of ‘sustainable innovations’, ‘modernisation’, ‘environmental alarmism’ and ‘environmental conflicts’. The differences include the higher coverage of the city of Moscow and pro-governmental journalists in the national media in contrast to coverage in the regional press where the voices of environmental activists and non-governmental organisations are presented equally alongside those of the pro-governmental journalists. Collectively, the results demonstrate that media coverage does not accurately reflect the complex issues of urban stakeholders’ relationship with environmental conflicts which are inevitable in the context of Russia’s continuous reliance on the hydrocarbon sector.

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俄罗斯城市的环境问题：对地区和国家大众媒体话语的理解

摘要 基于对俄罗斯 12 家国家和 6 家地区在线大众媒体的媒体话语分析，该研究针对空气和水污染、废物、可持续交通、能源、环境公民等环境主题，对俄罗斯两个城市的环境媒体报道进行了批判性反思。参与和有机食品。研究结果表明，媒体报道的共同点包括动机性、信息性文章的诊断和预测框架分布超过分析性，以及“可持续创新”、“现代化”、“环境危言耸听”和“环境冲突”等话语的主导地位. 不同之处包括国家媒体对莫斯科市和亲政府记者的报道更多，而在地区媒体中，环保活动家和非政府组织的声音与亲政府记者的声音一样平等地呈现出来。 . 总的来说，结果表明，媒体报道并没有准确反映城市利益相关者与环境冲突之间的复杂关系，这在俄罗斯持续依赖油气行业的背景下是不可避免的。