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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Petro-rhetoric in Canada
    sub title: narrating extractivism
  name:
    name part: Chen, Sibo
    name part: (Communication professor)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: sz
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (ix, 98 pages) : illustrations (some color).
  abstract: This book draws on recent theoretical advances in energy humanities and environmental communication to examine the evolution of pro-bitumen discourses in Canada since the mid-2010s. It argues that the promotion of Alberta bitumen rests on three discursive pillars: petro-prosperity, petroleum-nationalism, and extractive populism. To explicate the meanings and implications of each pillar, three prominent public campaigns are examined: Enbridge's "Life Takes Energy" campaign in 2014, the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) government's "Keep Canada Working" campaign in 2018, and the Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) government's "Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns" between 2019 and 2021. The book's analysis will offer academics and practitioners insights into the worrisome convergence of extractive rhetoric and right-wing populism, as well as suggestions for effectively communicating the necessity and urgency of a just transition toward decarbonization.
  table of contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. "Life Takes Energy": Promoting Carbon Dependency via Lifestyle Advertising -- Chapter 3."Keep Canada Working": Promoting Resource Nationalism via Symbolic Nationalization -- Chapter 4. "Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns": The Rise of Extractive Populism -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.
  note: Sibo Chen.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-cn---
  subject:
    topic: Petroleum industry and trade
    geographic: Canada
    topic: Public opinion
  subject:
    topic: Energy policy
    geographic: Canada
  subject:
    topic: Public opinion
    geographic: Canada
  subject:
    topic: Climatic changes
    geographic: Canada
    topic: Public opinion
  classification: HD9574.C22 C44 2026
  classification: 338.272820971
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Palgrave studies in media and environmental communication
  identifier: 9783032129642 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 3032129648
  identifier: 9783032129635
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: GW5XE
    record creation date: 260303
    record change date: 20260412194823.7
    record identifier: in00005778143
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng