| Description |
xviii, 233 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623 |
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Praeger series in political communication.
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| Contents |
Series Foreword / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- I. Strategies And Tactics Of Earthtalk. 1. Ways We Talk about the Earth: An Exploration of Persuasive Tactics and Appeals in Environmental Discourse / Michael Spangle and David Knapp. 2. Environmental Risk Communication and Community Collaboration / Laura A. Belsten -- II. The Power Of Media. 3. Activism in a Moderate World: Media Portrayals and Audience lnterpretations of Environmental Activism / David Easter. 4. Constituting Nature Anew Through Judgment: The Possibilities of Media / Kevin De Luca. 5. Talking to Each Other about the Environment: Using Video Production to Instruct Adolescents about Recycling / Rod Carveth and Roger Desmond -- III. Resources Of Language. 6. Forever Wild or Forever in Battle: Metaphors of Empowerment in the Continuing Controversy over the Adirondacks / Susan Senecah. 7. The Rhetorical Function of"Earth in the Balance" / Warren Sandmann |
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8. Challenging the Dominion Covenant: The Preservationist Construction of an Environmental Past / Thomas R. Flynn -- IV. Alternative Rhetorics. 9. In Search of Ecotopia: "Radical Environmentalism" and the Possibilities of Utopian Rhetorics / John W. Delicath. 10. Two Rivers, Two Vessels: Environmental Problem Solving in an Intercultural Context / Susan Mallon Ross. 11. Constructing a Goddess Self in a Technological World / Trudy Milburn |
| Summary |
This collection of essays examines the variety of ways in which communication scholarship and research contribute to the political mobilization and empowerment of citizens to act on environmental issues - environmental discourse and action in the largest sense. As seen here, the task of environmental empowerment involves a curious mixture of national and local politics, abstract principles and concrete actions, ethical frameworks and political expediency. The contributors to this volume provide a fascinating array of perspectives on how to go about this task and how "earthtalk" continues to shape and frame human perceptions and actions on environmental issues. This unique work will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and students of political communication, public policy, and the environment |
| Analysis |
Environment Conservation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-223) and index |
| Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Environmental sciences -- Information services.
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Mass media.
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| Author |
Muir, Star A.
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Veenendall, Thomas Lee.
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| LC no. |
95034420 |
| ISBN |
027595370X (alk. paper) |
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