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Environmentalism and the Mass Media The North/South Divide
348 Pages
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Routledge
352 Pages
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Routledge
352 Pages
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Routledge
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The mass media in different countries reflects dominant concerns of contemporary societies. Ideas of `environmentalism' are often broad and imprecise, holding neither meaning nor currency. Environmentalism and Mass Media sheds new light on the diverse ideas of `environmentalism', the way environmental ideas circulate, and public reaction to environmental concerns conveyed by the media. Drawing... Read more
1. The Cultural Context 2. The Environmental Context 3. The View from the Newsroom of the North 4. The View from the Newsrooms of India 5. The Environmental Messages through the Media 6. Decoding the Image in the UK and India 7. Public Understanding in India and the UK 8. Conclusions: Which Worlds are Talking?
Biography
Graham Chapman is Professor of Geography, lancaster University; Keval Kumar is a Reader in the Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Poona, India; Caroline Fraser is an Independent Media Consultant and Broadcast News Editor, Lyons, France; Ivor Gaber is Professor of Communications, Goldsmith College, London.
'By far the most challenging book in this collection, and espouses a kind of buccaneering frontier environmentalism.' - New Scientist, 1997
