Overview

This collection of essays examines the variety of ways in which communication scholarship and research contribute to the political mobilization and empowerment of citizens to act on environmental issues—environmental discourse and action in the largest sense. As seen here, the task of environmental empowerment involves a curious mixture of national and local politics, abstract principles and concrete actions, ethical frameworks and political expediency. The contributors to this volume provide a fascinating array of perspectives on how to go about this task and how earthtalk continues to shape and frame human perceptions and actions on environmental issues. This unique work will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and students of political communication, public policy, and the environment.

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Author:   Star Muir ,  Thomas L. Veenendall
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.541kg
ISBN:  

9780275953706

ISBN 10:   027595370
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 January 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Strategies and Tactics of Earthtalk Ways We Talk About the Earth: An Exploration of Persuasive Tactics and Appeals in Environmental Discourse by Michael Spangle and David Knapp Environmental Risk Communication and Community Collaboration by Laura A. Belsten The Power of Media Activism in a Moderate World: Media Portrayals and Audience Interpretations of Environmental Activism by David Easter Constituting Nature Anew through Judgment: The Possibilities of Media by Kevin DeLuca Talking to Each Other About the Environment: Using Video Production to Instruct Adolescents About Recycling by Rod Carveth and Roger Desmond Resources of Language Forever Wild or Forever in Battle: Metaphors of Empowerment in the Continuing Controversy Over the Adirondacks by Susan Senecah The Rhetorical Function of ""The Earth in the Balance"" by Warren Sandmann Challenging to Dominion Covenant: The Preservationist Construction of an Environmental Past by Thomas R. Flynn Alternative Rhetorics In Search of Ecotopia: ""Radical Environmentalism"" and the Possibilities of Utopian Rhetorics by John W. Delicath Two Rivers, Two Vessels: Environmental Problem Solving in an Intercultural Context by Susan Mallon Ross Constructing a Goddess Self in a Technological World by Trudy Milburn Bibliography Index"

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"?This collection of essays explores the issue of environmental empowerment from a communication perspective. Starting from the premise that environmentalists now are facing more opposition to their efforts than they did in recent history, the authors examine the polarization that typifies so much of the current environmental rhetoric and how the extremist positions define and shift centrist policies.?-Choice ""This collection of essays explores the issue of environmental empowerment from a communication perspective. Starting from the premise that environmentalists now are facing more opposition to their efforts than they did in recent history, the authors examine the polarization that typifies so much of the current environmental rhetoric and how the extremist positions define and shift centrist policies.""-Choice"

?This collection of essays explores the issue of environmental empowerment from a communication perspective. Starting from the premise that environmentalists now are facing more opposition to their efforts than they did in recent history, the authors examine the polarization that typifies so much of the current environmental rhetoric and how the extremist positions define and shift centrist policies.?-Choice

Author Information

STAR A. MUIR is an Associate Professor of Communication at George Mason University in Virginia and is coauthor (with J. Muir) of Foundations in Public Communication (1992). THOMAS L. VEENENDALL is an Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Montclair State College in New Jersey and is coauthor (with M. Feinstein) of Let's Talk About Relationships (1994).

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