discourses and representations in advertisements ......greenwashing = violations of grice’s...
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Elodie Vargas - Gremuts/ILCEA Colloque Bergen 16-17 octobre 2015
Climate Change : Discourses and
representations in advertisements
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1. Definition and context
Greenwashing :
« a Disinformation disseminated by an
organisation so as to present an environmentally
responsible public image »
(the Concise Oxford English Dictionary )
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2. Lexical characteristics
- « Klimaschutz » / klimafreundlich
- « changement climatique »
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- « Émissions de CO2 » / « CO2-
Emissionen/Ausstoß »
- « emissionsfrei » (without
emission)
- « CO2 neutral »
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3. Argumentation, climate and
Greenwashing
Greenwashing = violations of Grice’s
Conversational Maxims
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Argumentation
Major: Climate change is caused by
CO2 emissions
Minor: The nuclear industry does not
emit CO2
Conclusion: The nuclear industry
contributes to the protection of the
environment / does not harm the climate
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(1) «Das Kernkraftwerk Neckarwestheim 1 steht seit 30 Jahren für
zuverlässige und sichere Energieversorgung (Informationskreis
Energie)
→ «The nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim 1 has for 30 years
guaranteed a safe and sure energy supply »
(2) «Es liefert klimafreundliche Energie ohne CO2 (Vattenfall)
→ «It provides the ‘friend of the climate’ energy free from CO2 »
(3) «Dieser Klimaschützer hat dem Treibhauseffekt
entgegengewirkt, als es das Wort noch nicht gab
(Informationskreis Energie)
→ «This protector of the climate acted against the greenhouse
effect when the word did not yet exist»
(4) «Dieser Klimaschützer verhindert jedes Jahr die Emissionen
von 12 Millionen Tonnen CO2.»
→ «This protector of the climate prevents each year the emission
of 12 tons of CO2»
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Who appreciates the most
our investments? The
climate.
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How to generate
electricity with no impact
on climate?
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How to optimize the
management of spent
nuclear fuel?
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Non-respect of maxims and
objectives :
The 3D-PRStrategy : Deny, Delay, Dominate
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(5) «Der Schutz unseres Klimas ist eine unserer
dringendsten Aufgaben»
(InformationskreisKernenergie)
→ «The protection of the climate is one of our most
urgent tasks»
(6) «Der globale Klimawandel ist eine der größten
Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.» (Vattenfall)
→ «Global climate change is one of the biggest
challenges of our time»
(7) «Stromversorgung und Klimaschutz sind für uns
kein Widerspruch. Im Gegenteil.»
→ «Energy supply and the protection of the climate
are not incompatible for us. On the contrary »
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Ist-Zustand…
vs
Soll-Zustand
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(8) «EnBW hat die Initiative ergriffen» (EnBW)
→ « EnBW has taken the initiative »
(9) «als Energieunternehmen haben wir dabei eine
ganz besondere Verantwortung»
→ « as an energy corporation, we have a particular
responsability »
(10) «Voller Einsatz für Sie» (Vattenfall)
→ « full engagement for you »
(11) «Renault s’engage…» (Renault)
→ « Renault is committed to … »
(12) « Total s’investit dans…» (Total)
→ « Total is involved in … »
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(13) «CO2-Emissionen senken/reduzieren»
→ « reduce the CO2 emissions »
(14) «unseren Kraftwerkspark ökologisch zu
modernisieren » (RWE)
→ « to modernise our power plant park in an
ecological way »
(15) «wir investieren / wir bauen (Vattenfall) «
→ « we invest /we construct »
(16) «Areva innove […] Areva propose des solutions
pour…» (Areva)
→ « Areva innovate … proposes solutions for … »
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(17) «das modernste und effizienteste Braunkohlekraftwerk der
Welt» (RWE)
→ «The most modern and efficient lignite plant in the world »
(18) «wir wollen bleiben, was wir schon heute sind: der
Energieversorger mit dem bundesweit niedrigsten spezifischen
CO2-Ausstoß « (EnBW)
→ «we want to stay as we are today: the energy producer with
the lowest emission of CO2 at the federal level »
(19) «Mehr Umweltbewusstsein dank modernster
Dieseltechnologie» (Toyota)
→ «more environmental conscience thanks to the most modern
diesel technology »
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→ The « deny, delay, dominate » strategy in
the context of climate change and
Greenwashing :
1) Deny the fact that there is a problem within
the organisation (deny)
2) Attempt to delay or even cancel measures
taken to fight against climate change (delay)
3) Dominate the public and political
international debates (dominate).
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→ Summing up
(a) Title : often provocative, containing a paradox
(b) Observation (Ist-Zustand):
→ before 2010 = There is a problem related to climate change or energy
reserves
→ since 2013 = the world changes and develops
(c) Logical consequence: it is necessary to reach the Soll-Zustand
→ before 2010 = find technological solutions in order to combat climate change
→ since 2013 = accomplish the energy transition in order to combat climate
change
(d) We are responsible
(e) Consequently we act and we have solutions to the problems
→ before 2010 = technical data
→ since 2013 = call for collaboration from all (included the consumer) … in
particular in a financial form !!!
(f) «we are innovating», thus «we are the best »
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Thank you !