Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere

Preface to the Sixth Edition Introduction: Speaking for/About the Environment About the Authors Part I: Communicating for/About the Environment Chapter 1: Defining Environmental Communication Studying Environmental Communication Communication, the Environment, and the Public Sphere Diverse Environmental Voices in the Public Sphere Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 2: Contested Meanings: A Brief History Turtle Island Learning to Love Nature Wilderness Preservation Versus Natural Resource Conservation Public Health and the Ecology Movement Environmental Justice: Linking Social Justice and Public Health Contemporary Movements for Sustainability and Climate Justice Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 3: Symbolic Constructions of the Environment A Rhetorical Perspective Dominant and Critical Discourses Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 4: Environmental Media and Sustainability The Environment and Popular Culture Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach Sustainability Discourses Corporate Sustainability Communication: Reflection or Deflection? Greenwashing Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Part II: Environmental Campaigns and Movements Chapter 5: Environmental Advocacy Campaigns Environmental Advocacy Environmental Advocacy Campaigns The Campaign to Protect Zuni Salt Lake Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 6: Digital Environmental Organizing Grassroots Activism and Digital Media Environmental NGOs and Digital Campaign Dilemmas Multimodality and Networked Campaigns Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 7: Visual and Market Advocacy Visual Rhetoric and Nature Advocacy Moving Images of Disasters Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 8: Environmental Justice and Climate Justice Movements Environmental Justice: Challenges, Critiques, and Change Honoring Frontline Knowledge and Traveling on Toxic Tours The Global Movement for Climate Justice Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Part III: Environmental Discourses and Public Spheres Chapter 9: Environmental Journalism Environmental Journalism in the Public Sphere Breaking News and Environmental Journalism Media Effects and Influences Digital Storytelling and Environmental News Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 10: Science and Climate Communication Scientific Argumentation Early Warners: Environmental Scientists and the Public Resisting (Climate) Science Communicating Climate Science Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 11: Public Health and Environmental Risk Communication Dangerous Environments: Assessment in a Risk Society Communicating Environmental Risks in the Public Sphere The Precautionary Principle Citizens Becoming Scientists Voices of Environmental Risk Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Part IV: Green Governance and Legal Spheres Chapter 12: Public Participation and Democratic Rights Rights of Public Participation Right to Know: Transparency and Access to Information Right to Comment: Involvement SLAPP: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Growth of Public Participation Internationally Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 13: Voice and Public Dissent Right of Expression and Right of Assembly Right of Standing: Who Legally Can Speak? Landmark Cases on Environmental Standing Reversing, Slowing, or Reducing Global Warming as Injury Who Should Have a Right of Standing? Summary Suggested Resources Key Terms Discussion Questions Epilogue: Imagining Stories of/for Our Future Glossary References Index