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Thesis Media agenda-building battles between Greenpeace and Shell : a rhetorical and discursive approach The empirical focus of this research comprises the UK television news battles between Greenpeace (a highly media-aware International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO)), and the oil company Shell (a multinational corporation (MNC)). Specifically, two such media battles are examined, both receiving international attention and intense media publicity during 1995:- The battle between Royal Dutch/Shell, particularly, its subsidiary Shell-UK, and Greenpeace over the deep-sea disposal of the Brent Spar oil platform;- The battle between Royal Dutch/Shell's Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) (hereafter referred to as Shell-Nigeria), and Greenpeace (amongst others) over environmental pollution in Ogoniland, Nigeria.These two battles were chosen mainly because they share the same main protagonists - Greenpeace and Shell - providing rich material for a number of interesting questions regarding media agenda-building. Bakir, Tamara Vian PhD Doctoral 2001-05-01 Willis, David University of Hull oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:4212144 https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/4212144/1/Thesis European Studies https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212144 2001 en openAccess Public