Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4129-9209-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The Third Edition of Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere remains the only comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This innovative book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. It also examines how we define environmental 'problems' and decide what actions to take with regards to the natural world.

Robert Cox incorporates his vast experience to offer insights about the workings of news media, government, environmental conflict, advocacy campaigns, and other real-world cases of environmental communication.

He introduces the reader to all the major areas of this evolving field, the social construction of 'environment' public participation in environmental decisions, conflict resolution, news media and environmental journalism, social media and the environment (Twitter, Facebook, apps), environmental advocacy campaigns, message construction, corporate advocacy, advertising and “greenwashing,” environmental justice and “climate justice,” science communication, and risk communication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cox, J. Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Speaking for and About the Environment
Part I: Conceptual and Historical Contexts
1. Study and Practice of Environmental Communication
2. Contested Meanings of Environment
3. Social--Symbolic Constructions of the Environment
Part II: Citizen Voices and Public Forums
4. Public Participation in Environmental Decisions
5. Managing Conflict: Collaboration and Environmental Disputes
Part III: Media and the Environment
6. News Media and Environmental Journalism
7. Social Media and the Environment Online
Part IV: Environmental Movements and Campaigns
8. Advocacy Campaigns and Message Construction
9. Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, and the Green Jobs Movement
10. Green Marketing and Corporate Advocacy
Part V: Science and Risk Communication
11. Science Communication and Environmental Controversies
12. Risk Communication: Environmental Dangers and the Public

Über Autor(innen)

Cox, J. Robert
Robert Cox (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His principal research areas are environmental and climate change communication, and strategic studies of social movements. One of the nation’s leading scholars in environmental communication, Cox is coeditor of The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication (2015), as well as authoring numerous studies of environmental and climate change campaigns. He has served three times as President of the Sierra Club, the largest grassroots U.S. environmental organization, and is also on the Board of Directors for Earth Echo International whose mission is “to empower youth to take action that restores and protects our water planet.” Cox continues to advise environmental groups on their communication programs, and serves as an advisory editor for the journal, Environmental Communication. Cox regularly participates in environmental and climate change initiatives and has campaigned with former Vice President Al Gore, singer Melissa Etheridge, and other public figures. He also enjoys hiking and trekking in the Himalayas and the southern Appalachian Mountains in the U.S.

Robert Cox (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His principal research areas are environmental communication, climate change communication, and strategic studies of social movements. One of the nation’s leading scholars in environmental communication, he has been President of the Sierra Club three times (2007-2008, 2000–2001 and 1994–1996) and has served for 20 years on the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors. His published work includes critical studies on the discourse of the civil rights, peace, labor, and environmental movements. Cox is also on the Board of Directors for Earth Echo International, dedicated to oceans and marine ecology. He currently advises the Sierra Club on ist communication outreach in the U.S., and serves on editorial boards of journals such as Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture. Cox advises U.S. environmental groups on their communication programs. He regularly participates in environmental initiatives and has campaigned with former Vice President Al Gore and singer Melissa Etheridge.