Description
Product ID: | 9781433104602 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Global Crises and the Media |
Title: | Climate Change and the Media |
Authors: | Author: Justin Lewis, Tammy Boyce |
Page Count: | 264 |
Subjects: | Speaking in public: advice and guides, Public speaking guides, Writing and editing guides, Communication studies, Sociology, Political science and theory, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Journalistic style guides, Communication studies, Sociology: customs & traditions, Political science & theory, Ecological science, the Biosphere |
Description: | Climate Change and the Media brings together an international group of scholars to discuss one of the most important issues in human history: climate change. Since public understanding of the issue relies heavily on media coverage, the media plays a pivotal role in the way we address it. This edited collection - the first scholarly work to examine the relationship between climate change and the media - examines the changing nature of media coverage around the world, from the USA, the UK, and Europe, to China, Australasia, and the developing world. Chapters consider the impact of public relations and fictional programming, the relationship between public understanding and media coverage, and the impact of the media industries themselves on climate change. At a time when governments must take action to alleviate the catastrophic risk that climate change poses, this collection expertly details the pivotal role the media plays in this most fundamental of issues. Climate Change and the Media brings together an international group of scholars to discuss one of the most important issues in human history: climate change. Since public understanding of the issue relies heavily on media coverage, the media plays a pivotal role in the way we address it. This edited collection – the first scholarly work to examine the relationship between climate change and the media – examines the changing nature of media coverage around the world, from the USA, the UK, and Europe, to China, Australasia, and the developing world. Chapters consider the impact of public relations and fictional programming, the relationship between public understanding and media coverage, and the impact of the media industries themselves on climate change. At a time when governments must take action to alleviate the catastrophic risk that climate change poses, this collection expertly details the pivotal role the media plays in this most fundamental of issues. |
Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-08-11 |