Overview

The acceleration of massive global climate change creates a nexus for the examination of power, political rhetoric, science communication, and sustainable development. This book provides an international view of twenty first century environmental communication, from journalism to artistic expression, to critically explore mediated expressions of climate change. Seeking to understand how government policies, environmental news reports, corporate messages, and social influences communicate the complexities of climate change to the public, this book examines the roles that journalism, entertainment, and strategic messaging play in mediating meanings of science, health, economy, and sustainable solutions. It considers the critical importance of the study of climate change communication, which is inherently interdisciplinary, as well as globally and locally impactful. With topics ranging from communicating resilience through environmental journalism and linguistics, the storytelling of climate change explanations in the news, the role of visual communication in capturing and addressing climate change, and the communication of the health impacts of climate change, this book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students and scholars in environmental sciences, international relations and politics, media, journalism and mass communication.

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Author:   Juliet Pinto (Pennsylvania State University, USA) ,  Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. (Lancaster University, UK) ,  Paola Prado (Roger Williams University, USA)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9781787699687

ISBN 10:   1787699684
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   14 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction. Critical Challenges in Communicating Climate Change; Juliet G. Pinto, Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., and Paola Prado Chapter 1. ""Why is it here, of all places?"": Debris cleanup, black space, and narratives of marginalized geographies in post-Irma Miami-Dade; Moses Shumow  Chapter 2. Comparing theoretical explanations for the empirical effects of presenting climate change as a health issue on social media; Jessica Myrick  Chapter 3. Goodbye, Miami? Reporting Climate Change as a Local Story; Susan Jacobson, Juliet Pinto, Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., and Allan Wilson   Chapter 4. Who Matters in Climate Change Discourse in Alberta; Shelley Boulianne and Stephanie Belland  Chapter 5. Broaching agenda for climate change in Africa: A perspective on media engagement with climatic issues in Ghana; Modestus Fosu, Timothy Quashigah, and Paulina Kuranchie  Chapter 6. Raising Awareness on Environmental Protection Issues through Cartooning: A Semiotic Analysis of Eco-Cartoons Published in the Nigerian Media; Floribert Patrick C. Endong  Chapter 7. Communicating about Climate Change through Art and Science; Ronald E. Rice, Stacy Rebich Hespanha, and Huiru (Jennifer) Zhu"

Reviews

Contributors in communication, digital media, journalism, psychology, and public communication examine political rhetoric and science communication related to global climate change and sustainable development. They examine discourses and methods for explaining climate change to the public, looking at environmental communication in various genres and media, including journalism, art, and visual communication. Case studies from the US, Canada, and Africa shed light on aspects such as eco-cartoons, reporting climate change as a local story, and presenting climate change as a health issue on social media. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *

Author Information

Juliet Pinto, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with The Pennsylvania State University's College of Communications. Her research interests include news production of environmental issues. Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice at Lancaster University UK. His research focuses on issues of journalism, power, geography, and storytelling.  Paola Prado, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Journalism and Digital Media at Roger Williams University. Her research focuses on environmental risk news reporting and ICTs for development and social change in Latin America.

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