Media construction of environment and sustainability in India
by
Nambiar, Prithi, author.
Title
:
Media construction of environment and sustainability in India
Author
:
Nambiar, Prithi, author.
ISBN
:
9788132117414
Personal Author
:
Nambiar, Prithi, author.
Physical Description
:
xviii, 288 pages ; 23 cm
Contents
:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- The Sustainability Discourse; 3 -- Prioritising Sustainable Development; 4 -- Communicating and Framing Sustainability; 5 -- The Indian Environment and Sustainability Discourse; 6 -- Making Sense of Sustainability: Exploring Elite Public Discourse; 7 -- Media Construction of Environment and Sustainability; 8 -- Framing the Future of Sustainability; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Abstract
:
The book analyses the role of media and communication in negotiating the meaning of environment and sustainability in the developmental context of India. As part of the global development discourse, it has become necessary to refocus on the meanings attributed to environment, sustainability, and sustainable development at the local and national level. The impact of these globally generated imperatives on a democratic, fast-developing nation like India is determined by the extent to which meaning negotiation through discourse aids their acceptance within societ.
Subject Term
:
Sustainable development -- India -- Public opinion.
Communication in economic development -- India.
Environmentalism in mass media.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025778065 | 338.95407 N174M 2014 | 1 |