Media and environment : conflict, politics and the news /
Libby Lester.
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010.
- ix, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index.
Contents: Media and environments. Constructing the environment ; Before television ; Discovering the environment -- Conflict and risk. Debating the environment ; Public arenas ; Mediated conflict ; Risk society -- News and journalists. Constructing news ; Making news ; Changing news -- Sources and voices. News sources ; Political and industry communications ; Scientific sources, lay voices -- Movement and protest. Environment movement ; Protest and demonstrations ; Protest and the internet -- Symbols and celebrities. Symbols and politics ; Symbolizing forest destruction ; Celebrity protesters -- Environment and engagement. Engaging citizens ; Engaging media.
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Mass media and the environment. Environmental policy--Press coverage Environmental sciences--Press coverage Environmental health--Press coverage Environmental protection--Press coverage Mass media--Social policy Environmentalism in mass media