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Environmental Conflict and the Media - Global Crises and the Media New edition
Libby Lester
Environmental Conflict and the Media - Global Crises and the Media New edition
Libby Lester
Has the hype associated with the "revolutionary" potential of the World Wide Web and digital media for environmental activism been muted by the past two decades of lived experience? What are the empirical realities of the prevailing media landscape? This book analyzes and explains the relationship between environmental conflict and the media.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Libby Lester (PhD, University of Melbourne) is Professor of Journalism, Media and Communications at the University of Tasmania. She is the author of <I>Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News</I> (2010) and co-editor with Simon Cottle of <I>Transnational Protests and the Media</I> (Peter Lang, 2011). Her research has appeared in <I>Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Communication</I>, <I>Journalism</I>, <I>Journalism Studies</I> and <I>Media International Australia</I>. She has also worked as a journalist for leading Australian newspapers and magazines.<BR> Brett Hutchins (PhD, University of Queensland) is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Research Unit in Media Studies at Monash University. His most recent articles appear in <I>Media, Culture & Society, Information, Communication & Society, International Journal of Communication</I> and <I>Journalism: Theory</I>, Practice & Criticism. His books include Sport Beyond Television: <I>The Internet, Digital Media and the Rise of Networked Media Sport </I>(2012). Table of Contents: Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tree-Sitting in the Network Society / Brett Hutchins, Libby Lester -- 1. Environmental Conflict in a Global, Media Age: Beyond Dualisms / Simon Cottle -- Part 1. Old and New Technologies -- 2. Campaigning Journalism: The Early Press, Environmental Advocacy and National Parks / Michael Meadows, Robert Thomson -- 3. Affecting Environments: Mobilizing Emotion and Twitter in the UK Save Our Forests Campaign / Alex Lockwood -- 4. Clear Cuts on Clearcutting: YouTube, Activist Videos and Narrative Strategies / Catherine Collins -- 5. Photography, Technology, and Ecological Criticism: Beyond the Sublime Image of Disaster / Daniel Palmer -- Part 2. Activism and Campaigns -- 6. Not So Soft? Travel Journalism, Environmental Protest, Power and the Internet / Lyn McGaurr -- 7. Contesting Extractivism: Media and Environmental Citizenship in Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- 8. Online Media, Flak and Local Environmental Politics / Kitty van Vuuren -- 9. Celebrity, Environmentalism and Conservation / Dan Brockington -- 10. Dodgy Science or Global Necessity? Local Media Reporting of Marine Parks / Michelle Voyer, Tanja Dreher, William Gladstone, Heather Goodall -- Part 3. Communicating Crises -- 11. Greening Wildlife Documentary / Morgan Richards -- 12. Whither the Moral Imperative? The Focus and Framing of Political Rhetoric in the Climate Change Debate in Australia / Myra Gurney -- 13. As Fukushima Unfolds: Media Meltdown and Public Empowerment / Kumi Kato -- 14. Public Communication, Environmental Crises and Nuclear Disasters: A Comparative Approach / Clio Kenterelidou -- Part 4. Contested Claims -- 5. Climate Change, Media Convergence and Public Uncertainty / Robert Cox -- 16. That Sinking Feeling: Climate Change, Journalism and Small Island States / Chris Nash, Wendy Bacon -- 17. Skeptics and Believers: The Anti-Elite Rhetoric of Climate Change Skepticism in the Media / Alanna Myers -- 18. Media, Civil Society and the Rise of a Green Public Sphere in China / Guobin Yang, Craig Calhoun -- Afterword / Senator Christine Milne, Leader of the Australian Greens -- References -- Contributors -- Index.
Contributor Bio: Hutchins, Brett Brett Hutchins has published on various social and cultural issues in Australian sport, as well as commenting on the Bradman phenomenon in the media. He teaches sociology at the University of Tasmania.
Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
Lançado | 20 de junho de 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9781433118920 |
Editoras | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
Gênero | Interdisciplinary Studies > Communication Studies |
Páginas | 357 |
Dimensões | 226 × 153 × 20 mm · 534 g |
Idioma | English |
Editor | Hutchins, Brett |
Editor | Lester, Libby |
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