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The Fifth Edition of the award-winning Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. It also examines how we define what constitutes an environmental problem and how we decide what actions to take concerning the natural world. The updated and revised Fifth Edition includes recent developments, such as water protectors and the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Flint Water Crisis, and the March for Science, along with the latest research and developments in environmental communication.
Contents
Part 1Chapter 1: Defining Environmental CommunicationWhat is "Environmental Communication"?Ways of Studying Environmental CommunicationThe Ethics of Crisis and CareCommunication, the Environment, and the Public SphereCommunication as Symbolic Action: WolvesWhy Communication Matters to "The Environment"Public Spheres as Democratic SpacesDiverse Environmental Voices in the Public SphereCitizens and Civil SocietyNongovernmental OrganizationsPoliticians and Public OfficialsBusinessesScientists and ScholarsJournalistsSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsChapter 2: Contested Meanings: A Brief HistoryLearning to Love NatureWilderness Preservation Versus Natural Resource ConservationJohn Muir and the Wilderness Preservation MovementGifford Pinchot and the Conservation of Natural ResourcesCultivating an Ecological ConsciousnessPublic Health and the Ecology MovementRachel Carson and the Public Health MovementEarth Day and Legislative LandmarksEnvironmental Justice: Linking Social Justice and Environmental QualityRedefining the Meaning of "Environment"Defining Sacrifice Zones and Environmental JusticeMovements for Sustainability and Climate JusticeIntroducing SustainabilityMoving Toward Climate Justice and a Just TransitionSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsPart II: Constructions of the EnvironmentChapter 3: Symbolic Constructions of the EnvironmentA Rhetorical PerspectiveTerministic Screens and NamingConstructing an Environmental Problem: The "Rhetorical Situation"Tropes and GenresDominant and Critical DiscoursesSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsChapter 4: The Environment in/of Visual and Popular CultureThe Environment and Popular CultureEncoding/Decoding Environmental MediaMedia's LifecycleLooking at the EnvironmentVisual Rhetoric and NatureSeeing the American WestPicturing the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeMoving Images of DisastersWitnessing Ecological CrisesPolar Bears as Condensation SymbolsPollution in Real TimeGreen Art, Marketing, and Graphic DesignEnvironmental ArtViral MarketingFailed PersuasionGreen Graphic DesignSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsChapter 5: Environmental JournalismGrowth and Changes in Environmental NewsEmergence and Cycles in Environmental NewsA Perfect Storm: Decline of Traditional News Media and Rise of Digital NewsBreaking News and Environmental JournalismNewsworthinessMedia FramesNorms of Objectivity and BalancePolitical Economy of News MediaGatekeeping and Newsroom RoutinesMedia Effects and InfluencesAgenda SettingNarrative FramingCultivation AnalysisMedia Engagement ContinuumDigital Technologies and the Transformation of Environmental NewsDigitizing Environmental JournalismSocial Media and Citizen Environmental JournalismSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsPart III: Communicating in an Age of Ecological CrisesChapter 6: Scientists, Technology, and Environmental ControversiesScientific ArgumentationSymbolic Legitimacy and the "Eclipse" of the PublicFracking and the Environmental SciencesThe Precautionary PrincipleUncertainty and RiskThe Precautionary PrincipleEarly Warners: Environmental Scientists and the PublicDilemmas of Neutrality and Scientists' CredibilityEnvironmental Scientists as Early WarnersScience and the Trope of UncertaintyA Trope of UncertaintyChallenging the Environmental SciencesCommunicating Climate ScienceClimate Scientists Go DigitalMedia and Popular CultureInventing New Climate Change MessagesSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 7: HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RISK COMMUNICATIONDangerous Environments: Assessment in a Risk SocietyRisk AssessmentTechnical Risk AssessmentA Cultural Theory of Risk AssessmentCommunicating Environmental Risks in the Public SphereA Technical Model of Risk CommunicationA Cultural Model of Risk CommunicationCitizens Becoming ScientistsMainstream News Media and Environmental RiskNews Media Reports of Risk: Accurate Information or Sensational Stories?Whose Voices Speak of Risk?SummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 8: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE "GREENING" OF CORPORATIONS AND CAMPUSESSustainability: An Interdisciplinary ApproachEconomic Discourse and the EnvironmentCorporate Sustainability Communication: Reflection or Deflection?Green Product AdvertisingGreen Image EnhancementGreen Corporate Image RepairsGreenwashing and the Discourse of Green ConsumerismCorporate GreenwashingDiscourse of Green ConsumerismCommunicating Sustainability on and Through CampusesCommunicating Sustainability CurriculaCommunication Through InfrastructureCommunication Education at Tourist SitesSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsPart IV: Environmental Campaigns and MovementsCHAPTER 9: ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AND MESSAGE CONSTRUCTIONEnvironmental AdvocacyCampaigns Differ From Critical RhetoricEnvironmental Advocacy CampaignsCampaigns' ObjectivesIdentifying Key Decision MakersDeveloping a Strategy to Influence Decision MakersThe Campaign to Protect Zuni Salt LakeZuni Salt Lake and a Coal MineA Coalition's CampaignSuccess for Zuni Salt LakeMessage ConstructionThe Attitude-Behavior Gap and the Importance of ValuesMessage Construction: Values and FramingSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 10: DIGITAL MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISMGrassroots Activism and Digital MediaAlert, Amplify, and EngageAffordances of Digital Communication TechnologiesEnvironmental NGOs and Digital Campaigns"Sustainable Self-Representation"Action Alerts: Environmental NGOs' Digital MobilizingOnline/Offline and "Public Will" CampaignsMultimodality and Networked CampaignsEnvironmental Activism and Multimodal NetworksNGOs' Sponsored NetworksNetwork of Networks: Global Environmental ActivismScaling Up: The People's Climate March and the March for ScienceSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 11: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENTSEnvironmental Justice: Challenges, Critiques, and ChangeThe Beginnings of a "New" MovementWe Speak for Ourselves: Naming "Environmental Racism"Building the Movement for Environmental JusticeInstitutionalization of Environmental JusticeHonoring Frontline Knowledge and Traveling on Toxic ToursThe Politics of VoiceThe Politics of PlaceThe Global Movement for Climate JusticeClimate Justice: A Frame to Connect the WorldMobilizing for Climate JusticeSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsPart V: Environmental Laws and EngagementChapter 12: Public Participation in Environmental DecisionsRight to Know: Access to InformationFreedom of Information ActEmergency Planning and Community Right to Know ActRight to CommentNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)Public Hearings and Citizen CommentsSLAPP: Strategic Litigation Against Public ParticipationSued for Speaking OutResponse to SLAPPsGrowth of Public Participation InternationallySummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsChapter 13: Environmental Conflict Management and CollaborationAddressing Environmental DisputesCriticism of Public HearingsBeyond Public HearingsCollaborating to Resolve Environmental ConflictsPrinciples of Successful CollaborationFrom Conflict to Collaboration in the Great Bear RainforestLimits of Collaboration and ConsensusEvaluating Collaboration: The "Progress Triangle"The Quincy Library Group: Conflict in the Sierra Nevada MountainsCommon Criticisms of CollaborationSummarySuggested ResourcesKey TermsDiscussion QuestionsChapter 14: Legal Arguments for the Standing of Citizens and NatureRight of Standing and Citizen SuitsStanding in a Court of LawCitizen Suits and the EnvironmentLandmark Cases on Environmental StandingSierra Club v. Morton (1972)Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992)Friends of the Earth, Inc. V. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000)Global Warming and the Right of StandingWho Should Have a Right of Standing?Who can Speak-and What is Speech?The Standing of Future GenerationsNonhuman Nature: Should Trees, Dolphins, and Rivers Have Standing?SummarySuggested ResourcesDiscussion QuestionsGlossaryReferencesIndex
