Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: Communication and Nature's Meaning -- Why Do We Need to Speak for the Environment? -- Background and Perspective of the Author -- Distinctive Features of the Book -- New Terrain and New Questions -- Key Terms -- References -- pt. I CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS -- ch. 1 Study and Practice of Environmental Communication -- Field of Environmental Communication -- Growth of the Field -- Areas of Study -- Defining Environmental Communication -- Nature, Communication, and the Public Sphere -- Human Communication as Symbolic Action -- Mediating "Nature" -- Public Sphere as Discursive Space -- Diverse Voices in a "Green" Public Sphere -- Citizens and Community Groups -- Environmental Groups -- Scientists and Scientific Discourse -- Corporations and Lobbyists -- Anti-Environmentalists and Climate Change Critics -- News Media and Environmental Journalists -- Public Officials -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- ch. 2 Contested Meanings of Environment -- Challenging the Exploitation of Nature -- John Muir and the Wilderness Preservation Movement -- Conservation: Wise Use of Natural Resources -- Public Health and Pollution of the Commons -- Environmental Justice: Challenging Nature as a Place Apart -- Redefining the Meaning of Environment -- Envisioning Environmental Justice -- Movements for Sustainability and Climate Justice -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- References -- ch. 3 Social-Symbolic Constructions of Environment -- Social-Symbolic Construction of Nature -- Terministic Screens and Naming -- Constructing an Environmental Problem -- Rhetorical Perspective -- Rhetorical Tropes and Genres -- Communication Frames -- Dominant and Critical Discourses -- Visual Rhetorics: Portraying Nature -- Visual Images (Re)present Nature -- Visualizing Environmental Problems -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions --

References -- pt. II CITIZEN VOICES AND PUBLIC FORUMS -- ch. 4 Public Participation in Environmental Decisions -- Right to Know: Access to Information -- Freedom of Information Act -- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act -- Right of Public Comment -- National Environmental Policy Act -- Public Hearings and Citizen Comments -- Right of Standing in Courts: Citizen Suits -- Standing and Citizen Suits -- Landmark Cases on Environmental Standing -- Growth of Public Participation Internationally -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- ch. 5 Managing Conflict: Collaboration and Environmental Disputes -- New Approaches to Environmental Disputes -- Criticism of Public Hearings -- Emergence of Alternative Forms of Public Participation -- Collaborating to Resolve Environmental Conflicts -- Requirements for Successful Collaboration -- Collaborating About Water Quality and Rainforests -- Limits of Collaboration and Consensus -- Evaluating Collaboration and Consensus-Based Decisions -- Quincy Library Group: Conflict in the Sierra Nevada Mountains -- Common Criticisms of Collaboration -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- pt. III MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- ch. 6 News Media and Environmental Journalism -- Growth and Nature of Environmental News -- Characteristics of Environmental News -- Differing Views of Nature in Media -- News Production and the Environment -- Journalistic Norms and Constraints -- Other Influences on Environmental Journalists -- Climate Change in the News (or Not) -- Is Climate Change Newsworthy? -- Media Effects -- Agenda Setting -- Narrative Framing -- Cultivation Analysis -- Challenges to Traditional (Environmental) News Media -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- ch. 7 Social Media and the Environment Online -- Environmental Journalism Migrates Online -- Environmental News Services --

Journalists' Blogs and the Green Blogosphere -- Social Media and the Environment -- Environmental Information and Buzz -- Green Communities and Social Networking -- Reporting and Documenting -- Public Criticism and Accountability -- Mobilizing -- Microvolunteering and Self-Organizing -- Social Media and Environmental Advocacy -- Opposing Offshore Oil Drilling -- Challenges for Social Media Advocacy -- Future Trends: Challenges and Obstacles for Environmental Social Media -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- References -- pt. IV ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS AND CAMPAIGNS -- ch. 8 Advocacy Campaigns and Message Construction -- Environmental Advocacy -- Modes of Environmental Advocacy -- Campaigns Differ From Critical Rhetoric -- Environmental Advocacy Campaigns -- Creating Demand: Campaigns' Objectives -- Mobilizing Support -- Developing a Strategy to Influence Decision Makers -- Campaign to Protect Zuni Salt Lake -- Zuni Salt Lake and a Coal Mine -- Coalition's Campaign -- Success for Zuni Salt Lake -- Message Construction -- Attitude-Behavior Gap and the Importance of Values -- Message Construction: Values and Framing -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- References -- ch. 9 Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, and the Green Jobs Movement -- Environmental Justice: Challenging a Place Apart -- Toxic Sea Around Us -- We Speak for Ourselves: Naming Environmental Racism -- Building the Movement for Environmental Justice -- Indecorous Voices and Toxic Tours -- Dismissing the "Indecorous" Voice -- "The Evidence Is in My Body!" Challenging Agency Norms -- Toxic Tours: Sights, Sounds, and Smells -- Global Movement for Climate Justice -- Climate Justice: A New Frame -- Mobilizing for Climate Justice -- Movement for Green Jobs -- Shifting the Political Agenda -- Articulating Jobs and Clean Energy -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Notes --

References -- ch. 10 Green Marketing and Corporate Campaigns -- Free Market Discourse and the Environment -- Corporate Green Marketing -- Green Product Advertising -- Image Enhancement: Walmart and "Clean Coal" -- Corporate Image Repairs: Apology or Evasion? -- Greenwashing and the Discourse of Green Consumerism -- Corporate Greenwashing -- Discourse of Green Consumerism -- Corporate Advocacy Campaigns -- Corporate Campaigns -- Framing the Message in Corporate Campaigns -- Slapp Lawsuits: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- References -- pt. V SCIENCE AND RISK COMMUNICATION -- ch. 11 Science Communication and Environmental Controversies -- Science and Symbolic Legitimacy -- Complexity and the Problem of the Public -- Challenging Science's Symbolic Legitimacy -- Precautionary Principle -- Problem of Uncertainty -- Precautionary Principle and Its Critics -- Early Warners: Environmental Scientists and the Public -- Dilemmas of Neutrality and Scientists' Credibility -- Environmental Scientists as Early Warners -- Science and Symbolic Legitimacy Conflict -- Science and the Trope of Uncertainty -- Climategate: Contesting the Credibility of Scientists -- Communicating Climate Science -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- ch. 12 Risk Communication: Environmental Dangers and the Public -- Dangerous Environments: Assessing Risk -- Risk Society -- Technical Model of Risk -- Cultural-Experiential Model of Risk -- Communicating Environmental Risks to the Public -- Technical Risk Communication -- Cultural Approaches to Risk Communication -- Media and Environmental Risk -- Media Reports of Risk: Accurate Information or Sensational Stories? -- Whose Voices Speak of Risk? -- Summary -- Suggested Resources -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References

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