Environmental communication and the public sphere. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Phaedra C. Pezzullo, University of Colorado, Boulder, Robert Cox, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Authors: Pezzullo, Phaedra C; Cox, J. Robert
• Contents: Part 1: Communicating for/about the Environment; Chapter 1: Defining Environmental Communication; What is “Environmental Communication”?; Ways of Studying Environmental Communication; The Ethics of Crisis and Care; Communication, the Environment, and the Public Sphere; Communication as Symbolic Action: Wolves; Why Communication Matters to “The Environment”; Public Spheres as Democratic Spaces; Diverse Environmental Voices in the Public Sphere; Citizens and Civil Society; Non-Governmental Organizations; Politicians and Public Officials; Businesses; Scientists and Scholars; Journalists; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Chapter 2: Contested Meanings: A Brief History; Learning to Love Nature; Wilderness Preservation Versus Natural Resource Conservation; John Muir and the Wilderness Preservation Movement; Gifford Pinchot and the Conservation of Natural Resources; Cultivating an Ecological Consciousness; Public Health and the Ecology Movement; Rachel Carson and the Public Health Movement; Earth Day and Legislative Landmarks; Environmental Justice: Linking Social Justice and Environmental Quality; Redefining the Meaning of “Environment”; Defining Sacrifice Zones and Environmental Justice; Movements for Sustainability and Climate Justice; Introducing Sustainability; Moving Toward Climate Justice and a Just Transition; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Part II: Constructions of the Environment; Chapter 3: Symbolic Constructions of the Environment; A Rhetorical Perspective; Terministic Screens and Naming; Constructing an Environmental Problem: The “Rhetorical Situation”; Tropes and Genres; Dominant and Critical Discourses; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Chapter 4: The Environment in/of Visual and Popular Culture; The Environment and Popular Culture; Encoding/Decoding Environmental Media; Media’s Lifecycle; Looking at the Environment; Visual Rhetoric and Nature; Seeing the American West; Picturing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Moving Images of Disasters; Witnessing Ecological Crises; Polar Bears as Condensation Symbols; Pollution in Real Time; Green Art, Marketing, and Graphic Design; Environmental Art; Viral Marketing; Failed Persuasion; Green Graphic Design; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Chapter 5: Environmental Journalism; Growth and Changes in Environmental News; Emergence and Cycles in Environmental News; A Perfect Storm: Decline of Traditional News Media and Rise of Digital News; Breaking News and Environmental Journalism; Newsworthiness; Media Frames; Norms of Objectivity and Balance; Political Economy of News Media; Gatekeeping and Newsroom Routines; Media Effects and Influences; Agenda Setting; Narrative Framing; Cultivation Analysis; Media Engagement Continuum; Digital Technologies and the Transformation of Environmental News; Digitizing Environmental Journalism; Social Media and Citizen Environmental Journalism; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Part III: Communicating in an Age of Ecological Crises; Chapter 6: Scientists, Technology, and Environmental Controversies; Scientific Argumentation; Symbolic Legitimacy and the “Eclipse” of the Public; Fracking and the Environmental Sciences; The Precautionary Principle; Uncertainty and Risk; The Precautionary Principle; Early Warners: Environmental Scientists and the Public; Dilemmas of Neutrality and Scientists’ Credibility; Environmental Scientists as Early Warners; Science and the Trope of Uncertainty; A Trope of Uncertainty; Challenging the Environmental Sciences; Communicating Climate Science; Climate Scientists Go Digital; Media and Popular Culture; Inventing New Climate Change Messages; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 7: HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RISK COMMUNICATION; Dangerous Environments: Assessment in a Risk Society; Risk Assessment; Technical Risk Assessment; A Cultural Theory of Risk Assessment; Communicating Environmental Risks in the Public Sphere; A Technical Model of Risk Communication; A Cultural Model of Risk Communication; Citizens Becoming Scientists; Mainstream News Media and Environmental Risk; News Media Reports of Risk: Accurate Information or Sensational Stories?; Whose Voices Speak of Risk?; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 8: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE “GREENING” OF CORPORATIONS AND CAMPUSES; Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach; Economic Discourse and the Environment; Corporate Sustainability Communication: Reflection or Deflection?; Green Product Advertising; Green Image Enhancement; Green Corporate Image Repairs; Greenwashing and the Discourse of Green Consumerism; Corporate Greenwashing; Discourse of Green Consumerism; Communicating Sustainability on and Through Campuses; Communicating Sustainability Curricula; Communication Through Infrastructure; Communication Education at Tourist Sites; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Part IV: Environmental Campaigns and Movements; CHAPTER 9: ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AND MESSAGE CONSTRUCTION; Environmental Advocacy; Campaigns Differ From Critical Rhetoric; Environmental Advocacy Campaigns; Campaigns’ Objectives; Identifying Key Decision Makers; Developing a Strategy to Influence Decision Makers; The Campaign to Protect Zuni Salt Lake; Zuni Salt Lake and a Coal Mine; A Coalition’s Campaign; Success for Zuni Salt Lake; Message Construction; The Attitude–Behavior Gap and the Importance of Values; Message Construction: Values and Framing; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 10: DIGITAL MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM; Grassroots Activism and Digital Media; Alert, Amplify, and Engage; Affordances of Digital Communication Technologies; Environmental NGOs and Digital Campaigns; “Sustainable Self-Representation”; Action Alerts: Environmental NGOs’ Digital Mobilizing; Online/Offline and “Public Will” Campaigns; Multimodality and Networked Campaigns; Environmental Activism and Multimodal Networks; NGOs’ Sponsored Networks; Network of Networks: Global Environmental Activism; Scaling Up: The People’s Climate March and the March for Science; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; CHAPTER 11: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENTS; Environmental Justice: Challenges, Critiques, and Change; The Beginnings of a “New” Movement; We Speak for Ourselves: Naming “Environmental Racism”; Building the Movement for Environmental Justice; Institutionalization of Environmental Justice; Honoring Frontline Knowledge and Traveling on Toxic Tours; The Politics of Voice; The Politics of Place; The Global Movement for Climate Justice; Climate Justice: A Frame to Connect the World; Mobilizing for Climate Justice; Summary; Suggested Resources; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Part V: Environmental Laws and Engagement; Chapter 12: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions; Right to Know: Access to Information; Freedom of Information Act; Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; Right to Comment; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Public Hearings and Citizen Comments; SLAPP: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation; Sued for Speaking Out; Response to SLAPPs; Growth of Public Participation Int
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles, California : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 333.72014; Communication in the environmental sciences -- Textbooks; Mass media and the environment -- Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506363578; 1506363571
• Related ISBNs: 9781506363615; 9781506363592
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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