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 * Aims || Generate knowledge of how natural gas development creates and exploits vulnerabilities in communities || Generate knowledge to understand the hegemonic backdrop of natural gas industry in relation to the communities it operates in ||
 * Questions || In what ways are communities marginalized by gas development? (Legally/NDAs; health; politically; property value; boom/bust cycle) || What are the differences in language used by gas industry, government regulation, communities, and advocacy groups?

What is the significance of special-interest funding in news media and how does it affect how people acquire information?

What verifiable facts exist that can illustrate the widespread use of misinformation among and by stakeholders who benefit from gas development? (energy and service companies, politicians) ||
 * Data collection || Studies and reports funded without conflicts of interest. interviews with activists, academic advocates, industry employees || Find correlations between stakeholders, their studies, their funding, and their conclusions ||
 * Emerging arguments || There is disproportionate distribution of the benefits and harms of gas development between stakeholders (industry employees, government employees, and communities) that is similar to other abusive extractive industry || Natural gas development industries use strategies that rely on misinformation and impact-denial that undermines the democratic process in a way that creates and exploits vulnerabilities in communities for the sake of profit ||
 * literatures || Extractive industry in U.S. (coal); environmental justice urban vs rural poverty and siting of unwanted facilities (waste treatment, storage, power plants, chemical plants) || Not sure. Examine media stories and identify their source of funding/investments. Fact check/inspect citations in leading papers pro and anti fracking ||