The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication
London; New York: Routledge (2015), xix, 434 pp.
Contains diagrams
Series: Routledge Handbooks
ISBN 978-0-415-70435-9 (hbk); 978-1-315-88758-6 (ebook)
"The first section looks at the history and development of the discipline from a range of theoretical perspectives. Section two considers the sources, communicators and media professionals involved in producing environmental communication. Section three examines research on news, entertainment media and cultural representations of the environment. The fourth section looks at the social and political implications of environmental communication, with the final section discussing likely future trajectories for the field. The first reference Handbook to offer a state of the art comprehensive overview of the emerging field of environmental communication research, this authoritative text is a must for scholars of environmental communication across a range of disciplines, including environmental studies, media and communication studies, cultural studies and related disciplines." (Publisher description)
Introduction: environment and communication / Anders Hansen and Robert Cox, 1
I. ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENTOF A FIELD
1 Emergence and growth of the "field" of environmental communication / Robert Cox and Stephen Depoe, 13
2 Communication, media and the social construction of the environment / Anders Hansen, 26
3 Discourse/rhetorical analysis approaches to environment, media, and communication / Jennifer Peeples, 39
4 Social science approaches to environment, media, and communication / James Cantrill, 49
II. PRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: SOURCES, COMMUNICATORS, MEDIA AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS
Sources/communicators
5 Environmental scientists and public communication / Sharon Dunwoody, 63
6 The media/communication strategies of environmental pressure groups and NGOs / Robert Cox and Steve Schwarze, 73
7 Resisting meaningful action on climate change: think tanks, 'merchants of doubt' and the 'corporate capture' of sustainable development / David Miller and William Dinan, 86
8 Transnational protests, publics and media participation (in an environmental age) / Libby Lester and Simon Cottle, 100
9 Public participation in environmental policy decision making: insights frorn twenty years of collaborative learning fieldwork / Gregg B. Walker, Steven E. Daniels, and Jens Emborg, 111
10 To act in concert: environmental communication frorn a social movement lens / Charlotte Ryan and Kimberly Freeman Brown, 131
Media and media Professionals
11 The changing face of environmental journalism in the United States / Sharon M. Friedman, 144
12 Environmental reporters / David B. Sachsman and Jo Ann Myer Volenti, 158
13 The changing ecology of news and news organizations: implications for environmental news / Curtis Brainard, 168
14 News organisation(s) and the production of environmental news / Alison Anderson, 176
15 Citizen science, Citizen journalism: new forms of environmental reporting / Stuart Allan and Jacqui Ewart, 186
16 Environmental news journalism, public relations and news sources / Andy Williams, 197
III. COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT: NEWS MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
News media
17 News coverage of the environment: a longitudinal perspective / Anders Hansen, 209
18 Communicating in the Anthropocene: the cultural politics of cümate change news coverage around the world / Maxwell T. Boykqff, Marisa B. McNatt and Michael K. Goodman, 221
19 Containment and reach: the changing ecology of environmental communication / Libby Lester, 232
Entertainment media and cultural representations
20 Representations of the environment on television, and their effects / James Shanahan, Katherine McComas, and Mary Beth Deline, 242
21 Cartoons and the environment / Anne Marie Todd, 250
22 Cinema, ecology and environment / Pat Brereton, 258
23 Nature, environment and commercial advertising / Anders Hansen, 270
24 Celebrity culture and environment / Mark Meister, 281
25 Cultural representations of the environment beyond mainstream media / Andy Opel, 290
IV. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION 299
26 Mapping media's role in environmental thought and action / Susanna Priest, 301
27 Agenda-setting with environmental issues / Craig Trumbo and Se-Jin 'Sage' Kim, 312
28 Framing, the media, and environmental communication / Matthew C. Nisbet and Todd P. Newman, 325
29 Analysing public perceptions, understanding and images of environmental change / Lorraine Whitmarsh, 339
30 Publics, communication campaigns, and persuasive communication / Todd Norton and Natalie Grecu, 354
31 Engaging diverse audiences with climate change: message strategies for Global Warming's Six Americas / Connie Roser-Renouf, Neil Stenhouse, Justin Rolfe-Redding, Edward Maibach and Anthony Leiserowitz, 368
V. CONDUSIONS: FUTURE TRAJECTORIES OF ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATION
32 Beyond the post-political Zeitgeist / Pieter Maeseele, 389
33 Whither the heart(-to-heart)? Prospects for a humanistic turn in environmental communication as the world changes darkly / Susanne C. Mose, 402
I. ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENTOF A FIELD
1 Emergence and growth of the "field" of environmental communication / Robert Cox and Stephen Depoe, 13
2 Communication, media and the social construction of the environment / Anders Hansen, 26
3 Discourse/rhetorical analysis approaches to environment, media, and communication / Jennifer Peeples, 39
4 Social science approaches to environment, media, and communication / James Cantrill, 49
II. PRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: SOURCES, COMMUNICATORS, MEDIA AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS
Sources/communicators
5 Environmental scientists and public communication / Sharon Dunwoody, 63
6 The media/communication strategies of environmental pressure groups and NGOs / Robert Cox and Steve Schwarze, 73
7 Resisting meaningful action on climate change: think tanks, 'merchants of doubt' and the 'corporate capture' of sustainable development / David Miller and William Dinan, 86
8 Transnational protests, publics and media participation (in an environmental age) / Libby Lester and Simon Cottle, 100
9 Public participation in environmental policy decision making: insights frorn twenty years of collaborative learning fieldwork / Gregg B. Walker, Steven E. Daniels, and Jens Emborg, 111
10 To act in concert: environmental communication frorn a social movement lens / Charlotte Ryan and Kimberly Freeman Brown, 131
Media and media Professionals
11 The changing face of environmental journalism in the United States / Sharon M. Friedman, 144
12 Environmental reporters / David B. Sachsman and Jo Ann Myer Volenti, 158
13 The changing ecology of news and news organizations: implications for environmental news / Curtis Brainard, 168
14 News organisation(s) and the production of environmental news / Alison Anderson, 176
15 Citizen science, Citizen journalism: new forms of environmental reporting / Stuart Allan and Jacqui Ewart, 186
16 Environmental news journalism, public relations and news sources / Andy Williams, 197
III. COVERING THE ENVIRONMENT: NEWS MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
News media
17 News coverage of the environment: a longitudinal perspective / Anders Hansen, 209
18 Communicating in the Anthropocene: the cultural politics of cümate change news coverage around the world / Maxwell T. Boykqff, Marisa B. McNatt and Michael K. Goodman, 221
19 Containment and reach: the changing ecology of environmental communication / Libby Lester, 232
Entertainment media and cultural representations
20 Representations of the environment on television, and their effects / James Shanahan, Katherine McComas, and Mary Beth Deline, 242
21 Cartoons and the environment / Anne Marie Todd, 250
22 Cinema, ecology and environment / Pat Brereton, 258
23 Nature, environment and commercial advertising / Anders Hansen, 270
24 Celebrity culture and environment / Mark Meister, 281
25 Cultural representations of the environment beyond mainstream media / Andy Opel, 290
IV. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION 299
26 Mapping media's role in environmental thought and action / Susanna Priest, 301
27 Agenda-setting with environmental issues / Craig Trumbo and Se-Jin 'Sage' Kim, 312
28 Framing, the media, and environmental communication / Matthew C. Nisbet and Todd P. Newman, 325
29 Analysing public perceptions, understanding and images of environmental change / Lorraine Whitmarsh, 339
30 Publics, communication campaigns, and persuasive communication / Todd Norton and Natalie Grecu, 354
31 Engaging diverse audiences with climate change: message strategies for Global Warming's Six Americas / Connie Roser-Renouf, Neil Stenhouse, Justin Rolfe-Redding, Edward Maibach and Anthony Leiserowitz, 368
V. CONDUSIONS: FUTURE TRAJECTORIES OF ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATION
32 Beyond the post-political Zeitgeist / Pieter Maeseele, 389
33 Whither the heart(-to-heart)? Prospects for a humanistic turn in environmental communication as the world changes darkly / Susanne C. Mose, 402
