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Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Autor Robert Cox
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mar 2006
'...this is an excellent introduction to an important topic' - Media International Australia

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first comprehensive undergraduate textbook in the growing field of environmental communication. It takes as its theme the role of communication in influencing the ways in which we perceive the environment as well as what actions we and others take in our relations to the natural world. The text blends scholarship and hands-on experiences to provide a theory-based and coherent description of the concrete communication practices and sites in the debates over environment protection.
The level of presentation targets upper-level, undergraduate students in speech communication, environmental studies, English, journalism, political science, and sociology. Additional theory and vocabulary are introduced, as are case studies and examples for closer examination of the principal sites and practices of environmental communication - including forums for public participation, advocacy campaigns, media coverage of environmental stories, risk communication, and models of dispute settlement.
Key Features:
- Provides a core text (broad and theoretically coherent coverage) that covers all of the basic areas of environmental communication
- Draws on the author's experiences as president of the largest U.S. environmental group
- Summarizes current scholarship in the area and makes accessible many of the practices of media, corporations, and advocacy groups that are not readily available in public sources
- Gives students insight into the practical ways to participate publicly in influencing the decisions of governmental agencies that affect the environment
- Offers a comprehensible treatment of the complexity and range of issues, sites, and practices in environmental communication
"Act Locally" exercises provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of the principles of environmental communication on their campus or community
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761930495
ISBN-10: 0761930493
Pagini: 488
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"Writing for undergraduate students, Cox explains how communication shapes perceptions of environmental issues; surveys some of the media and public forums that are used for environmental communications and some of the communication practices of ordinary citizens, scientists, corporate lobbyists, and others seeking to influence decisions about nature and the human environment; and identifies conversations and debates taking place locally and globally that students and activists can join."
"This all combines into an intensive introduction to an important aspect of communication—written by a man who has played an active part in the field about which he writes." 

—COMMUNICATION BOOKNOTES QUARTERLY

Cuprins

Introduction: Speaking for the Environment - For Ourselves
Part I: Conceptual Perspectives
1. The Study of Environmental Communication
Environmental Communication as an Area of Study
Nature, Communication, and the Public Sphere
Mapping the Terrain: Voices and Visions
2. Rhetorically Shaping the Environment
The Environmental Movement in the United States
A Rhetorical Perspective on the Environment
Visual Rhetorics: Portraying Nature
Part II: Citizen Voices and Public Forums
3. Public Participation in Environmental Decisions
The Right to Know: Access to Information
The Right of Public Comment
The Right of Standing: Citizen Suits
Citizens' Communication and Public Participation
Restricting Public Participation in the Post-9/11 Era
4. Conflict Resolution Through Collaboration and Consensus
From Advocacy to Collaboration
Collaboration and Consensus in Environmental Disputes
Limits of Collaboration and Consensus
Part III: Media Coverage of the Environment
5. Media and Environmental Journalism
Media Depictions of Nature
News Production and the Environment
Media Effects
The Rise of Alternative Environmental Media
6. Risk Communication: Nonexpert Publics and Acceptable Risk
Dangerous Environments: Assessing Risk
Risk Communication and Nonexpert Publics
Media Reporting of Risk
Part IV: Voices for Change
7. Environmental Advocacy Campaigns
Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Advocacy Campaigns
The Campaign to Protect Zuni Salt Lake
Dilemmas of Environmental Advocacy
8. Environmental Justice: Voices From the Grassroots
Whose Environment? Whose Voice?
Building the Movement for Environmental Justice
Indecorous Voices and Democratic Inclusion
Trying to Speak in "Cancer Alley"
Part V: Environmental Discourses of Science and Industry
9. Science and Symbolic Legitimacy
Science and Symbolic Legitimacy Boundaries
The Precautionary Principle
Industry, Science, and the Symbolic Legitimacy Conflict
Advocacy and Environmental Science
10. Greem Marketing and Corporate Campaigns
Free Market Discourse and the Environment
Corporate Green Marketing
Corporate Advocacy: Three Bites of the Apple
Environmental Backlash: Corporate Responses to Environmental Critics
Epilogue: Imagining a Different World

Descriere

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first book to offer a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role of communication in influencing the ways in which we perceive the environment as well as what actions we and others take in our relations to the natural world.