Climate and Sustainability Communication: Global Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367218584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 150 str.

Donnalyn Pompper

Opis

Climate and Sustainability Communication: Global Perspectives provides findings of seven empirical studies – from South Korea and China, to the U.S., and Zambia – on the interplay between mass media and climate and sustainability issues. The book offers new routes for theory building with solid recommendations and pathways for better un

Spis treści

Introduction – Beyond the Business Case: Building Upon Traditional Approaches and Opening New Spaces for Multiple Perspectives on Climate and Sustainability Communication  1. Mass Communication Research in Sustainability Science: Moving Toward an Engaged Approach to Address Society’s Sustainability Dilemma  2. Who Is Responsible for Climate Change? Attribution of Responsibility, News Media, and South Koreans’ Perceived Risk of Climate Change  3. Marketplace Advocacy by the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industries: Issues of Representation and Environmental Discourse  4. Digital Media, Cycle of Contention, and Sustainability of Environmental Activism: The Case of Anti-PX Protests in China  5. Media’s Role in Enhancing Sustainable Development in Zambia  6. "Maybe Yes, Maybe No?": Testing the Indirect Relationship of News Use through Ambivalence and Strength of Policy Position on Public Engagement with Climate Change  7. Communicating Sustainability Online: An Examination of Corporate, Nonprofit, and University Websites

O autorze

Donnalyn Pompper is a Professor in the School of Media and Communication at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Her teaching and research concerns power, the provision of routes for enabling people around the world to enjoy equality and respect at work, and critique of the ways in which social identity groups are represented across mass media platforms.