Environmental communication and the public sphere
by
Cox, J. Robert.
Title
:
Environmental communication and the public sphere
Author
:
Cox, J. Robert.
ISBN
:
9780761930495
9780761930501
Personal Author
:
Cox, J. Robert.
Publication Information
:
Thousand Oaks ; London : SAGE, 2006.
Physical Description
:
xxv, 457 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note
:
Formerly CIP.
Contents
:
Introduction : speaking for the environment - for ourselves -- 1. The study of environmental communication -- 2. Rhetorically shaping the environment -- 3. Public participation in environmental decisions -- 4. Conflict resolution through collaboration and consensus -- 5. Media and environmental journalism -- 6. Risk communication : nonexpert publics and acceptable risk -- 7. Environmental advocacy campaigns -- 8. Environmental justice : voice from the grassroots -- 9. Science and symbolic legitimacy -- 10. Green marketing and corporate campaigns -- Epilogue : imagining a different world.
Abstract
:
"Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This 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." "This book is ideal for undergraduate students in the fields of Communication and Environmental Studies studying Environmental Communication, Environmental Rhetoric, Media and the Environment, or Introduction to Environmental Studies. The text is also appropriate for courses studying environmental movements in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Communication in the environmental sciences -- Textbooks.
Mass media and the environment -- Textbooks.
Electronic Access
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023679794 | 333.72014 C878E 2006 | 1 |