Environmental Risk Communication in China: Actors, Issues, and Governance

ISBN-13: 9781032103303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 296 str.

Jia Dai; Fanxu Zeng

Opis

From a media-centered perspective, this book systematically discusses the communication process of typical environmental risk issues, and the complex interaction among multiple actors, including the public, media, experts and government in contemporary China.

Spis treści

Introduction: Why Study Environmental Risk Communication in China? Part I: The Public. 1. How the Public Perceives Risks. 2. Political Opportunities Generated by Environmental Struggles. 3. The Enlightenment of Environmental Rumors in the PX Urban Contention. Part II: The Media. 4. How Does Media Create Risk Communication Frameworks? 5. How Do Official and Public Discourse Overlap in Environmental Issues? 6. From Democratic Pragmatism to Administrative Rationalism The transition of actors and discourses in waste incineration controversy on Weibo. Part III: The Experts. 7. Experts’ Roles in Risk Construction. 8. How Do Different Risk Communities Compete? Part IV: The NGOs. 9 .Publicity strategies and media logic communication campaigns of environmental NGOs in China. 10. Frame alignment and environmental advocacy the influence of NGO strategies on policy outcomes in China. Part V: The Government. 11. Why Does Risk Communication Fail? 12. Cooptation of Urban Protests in China Normative, Cognitive, and Regulatory Controls through the Media. 13. The Central-local Differences in Environmental Advocacy. Conclusion: Environmental risk communication and the emerging paradigm of environmental governance in China.