Climate change, media & culture : critical issues in global environmental communication /
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Imprint: | Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12486224 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Climate Change, Media & Culture; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; About the Authors; About the Editors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Critical Challenges in Communicating Climate Change; Politics of Climate Change: Where Commerce Meets Culture; The Scholarly Challenge: Capturing Complexities of Climate Communication; In this Volume: Climate Change from the News to the Arts; References; Chapter 1: "Why is it Here, of All Places?": Debris Cleanup, Black Space, and Narratives of Marginalized Geographies in Post-Irma Miami-Dade; Introduction
- Theoretical Framework: Journalistic Interpretations of Environmental Crisis and RacismCultural Meanings of News; News, Race, and Power; Environmental Racism and Communication; Methods; Analysis; Official Response: The Banality of Recovery; "The Mess Had to Go Somewhere": Garbage Disposal, Racial Invisibility, and the Politics of Placement; Virginia Key: Reconfiguring and Reimagining of a Black Space; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Comparing Theoretical Explanations for the Empirical Effects of Presenting Climate Change as a Health Issue on Social Media; Climate Change Message Frames
- Theoretical ExplanationsPersonification; Construal Level Theory; Moral Foundations; Research Questions; Methods; Participants; Stimuli; Procedures; Measures; Harm/Care Morality.; Political Ideology.; Belief in Anthropomorphic Causes of Climate Change.; Emotional Responses.; Spatial Distance.; Temporal Distance.; Perceived Personal Relevance.; Perceived Severity of Climate Change.; Perception of Climate Change as a Moral Issue.; Policy Support Attitudes.; Personal History of Message-Relevant Health Issues.; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References
- Chapter 3: Goodbye, Miami? Reporting Climate Change as a Local StoryMiami as Ground Zero for Sea Level Rise; Defining Miami; Climate Change Journalism as a Social and Cultural Construction; Climate Change Reporting and the Tyranny of the News Peg; Method; Geographic Scope and Specificity of Climate Coverage; News Categories and Timing of Coverage; The Use of News Pegs; Reliability; Results; News Categories and Timing of Coverage; Use of News Pegs; Discussion; Distant Hypotheses, Local Realities Spur Coverage; A Network of Content; The Tyranny of Local Impacts; The Definition of "Miami."
- ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 4: Who Matters in Climate Change Discourse in Alberta; Introduction; Voice; News Media Use and Trust in Sources; Methodology and Sampling; Survey Data; News Coverage; Findings; Survey Data; News Coverage; Scientists and Academics.; Discussion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5: Broaching Agenda for Climate Change in Africa: A Perspective on Media Engagement with Climatic Issues in Ghana; Climate Change Reporting: Concepts and Literature; Climate Change and its Manifestations in Ghana; Dealing with Climate Change