Title Climate change denial and public relations : strategic communication and interest groups in climate inaction / edited by Núria Almiron and Jordi Xifra

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge new directions in public relations and communication research Routledge new directions in public relations and communication research. Contents Ethics and anthropocentrism in climate change denial and public relations -- Theorizing the storyline of climate change denial -- Lobbying for denial in climate change -- Advocating against climate change denial Summary This is the first book on climate change denial and lobbying that combines the ideology of denial and the role of anthropocentrism in the study of interest groups and communication strategy. Climate Change Denial and Public Relations: Strategic Communication and Interest Groups in Climate Inaction is a critical approach to climate change denial from a strategic communication perspective. The book aims to provide an in-depth analysis of how strategic communication by interest groups is contributing to climate change inaction. It does this from a multidisciplinary perspective that expands the usual approach of climate change denialism and introduces a critical reflection on the roots of the problem, including the ethics of the denialist ideology and the rhetoric and role of climate change advocacy. Topics addressed include the power of persuasive narratives and discourses constructed to support climate inaction by lobbies and think tanks, the dominant human supremacist view and the patriarchal roots of denialists and advocates of climate change alike, the knowledge coalitions of the climate think tank networks, the denial strategies related to climate change of the nuclear, oil, and agrifood lobbies, the role of public relations firms, the anthropocentric roots of public relations, taboo topics such as human overpopulation and meat-eating, and the technological myth. This unique volume is recommended reading for students and scholars of communication and public relations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Núria Almiron is anAssociate Professor atPompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. She studies the ethics and political economy of communication, interest groups and strategic communication, critical animal studies and environment. Her work has appeared in journals such as Journalism Studies, Environmental Communication, and the European Journal of Communication. Jordi Xifra is a Professor atPompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. He studies public relations from history, philosophy, and filmic perspectives. His work has appeared in journals such as Public Relations Review, Journal of Public Relations Research, and American Behavioral Scientist. He is founder of Public Relations Inquiry Electronic resource, viewed November 19, 2019 Subject Climatic changes -- Social aspects Global warming -- Social aspects BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Relations. Climatic changes -- Social aspects Global warming -- Social aspects Form Electronic book Author Xifra Heras, Jorge, editor. Almiron, Núria, editor. ISBN 9781351121798 1351121790 9781351121767 1351121766 9781351121781 1351121782 9781351121774 1351121774

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