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Environmental communication and the public sphere
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A comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication, ranging from an historical overview of key terms to important legal and technological developments. This innovative...
A comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication, ranging from an historical overview of key terms to important legal and technological developments. This innovative book focuses on how human communication influences the way we perceive and act in the environment. It also examines how we interpret environmental “problems” and decide what actions to take with regard to the natural world.
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- Creator
- Robert Cox, Phaedra C. Pezzullo
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- Language
- English
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- 4 edition
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2016]
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- xvi, 422 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781483344331, 1483344339
- OCLC
- ocn905599764
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : speaking for/about the environment -- Studying/practicing environmental communication -- Contested meanings of environment -- Symbolic constructions of environment -- The environment in/of visual and popular culture -- News media and environmental journalism (old and new) -- Scientists, technology, and environmental controversies -- Environmental risk communication and the public -- Advocacy campaigns and message construction -- Digital media and environmental activism -- Environmental justice and climate justice movements -- Sustainability and the "greening" of corporations and campuses -- Public participation in environmental decisions -- Managing conflict : collaboration and environmental disputes -- Citizens' (and nature's) "standing" : environmental protection and the law