Transcript Mentor Case - Cleveland State University

Framings of the
Mentor Lagoons Dispute
Sanda Kaufman
Symposium
FRAMING ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES:
THEORY, EXPERIMENTATION & CASE STUDY
ENVIRONMENTAL & PUBLIC RESOURCEs CONFLICT Track
Story
Method
Findings
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Environmental Disputes
Appearance of intractability
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Extended in time
 process
 consequences
Complex in:
 issues (resources, values, risk preferences)
 stakeholders
 technical/expert content
 process
 FRAMING
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Framing in a Real Case
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Theory & experiments:
 frames affect decisions
Intractable conflicts:
 frame differences a factor
Environmental conflicts:
 can frames be assessed?
 do frames play a role?
 how do frames change?
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The Mentor Lagoons
400 acres
Area in dispute
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Mentor Lagoons timeline
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1970: Beginning of cleanup/ownership disputes.
1993: Mentor bids for property (rejected, 1995).
1995: Osbornes buy property, Blue Heron, for $7.7 million;
» Mentor declares intent of taking by eminent domain.
1996: Mentor begins eminent domain proceedings;
» Blue Heron tries to negotiate with Mentor.
» Blue Heron sues against eminent domain;
» Residents petition for a vote; Mentor halts proceedings;
» Residents vote to pursue eminent domain.
» Mentor restarts eminent domain proceedings
1997: Court estimates compensation to Osbornes;
» Osbornes settle for $8.5 million + $500,000 property.
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Mentor Lagoons Parties
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Private contenders
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Nozik-original owner/ex-wife/son (at odds)
Osborne-new owner/wife/nephew (monolithic)
Public contenders
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Mayor Walsh
City Council factions-Hennig, Struna, Micchia, Thorne
Resident interests - Kresnye; Crawford, Prosek
(Environmental interests/Council/residents)
(Regional recreation interests/Council)
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Frames in the News
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Plain Dealer (Cleveland):
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1 main reporter, Section B
few details & quotes, mainly facts (little space)
process & characterization dominate
little affected by stakeholders, critical
News Herald (Lake County):
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1 main reporter, Section A
visual (pictures, descriptions), quotes
process & characterization dominate
susceptible to stakeholder wrath
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Content analysis
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2 newspapers/~30 articles each:
6/1992 - 6/1997
Paragraph as unit of analysis
Gray & Donnellon +1 frame categories:
Substantive
Outcome
Loss/Gain
Aspiration
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Characterization
Process
Complexity
Gray/Putnam categories &
subcategories:
Choice (6)
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Frames in Time
Frames
Residents
Osborne
Council
M
W
S
K
C
Substantive
Loss/Gain
Aspiration
Characterization
Outcome
Process
Complexity
Choice
Process
Content
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Upside & Downside
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Newspapers as sources:
 limited especially around sensitive issues
 better when combined (2 or more)
 more useful with interviews
Capturing frames and their change:
 mainly descriptive
 in need of stronger theoretical basis
 work-intensive
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Explore frame diagnostic & change tools:
 Case information
Theory
development
 Comparative studies
 similar stakes, scale
 across stakes
 Follow case in time through
interviews/news
 Intervention
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 Focus on information patterns in time
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