(Sage Publications, 2012) Laurendeau, Jason; Moroz, Sara
In this article, we analyze Canadian newspaper coverage of recent events in which
backcountry adventurers have found themselves in need of assistance from rescue
organizations. We interrogate discourses of risk and responsibility, exploring the
ways in which the media constructs these backcountry enthusiasts as responsible to
and for specific (e.g., family) and generalized (e.g., society) others. These discourses,
we argue, produce and reproduce neoliberal notions of risk management, constructing
citizens as responsible for managing their ‘‘risk profiles.’’