1st Edition
Climate Change and Post-Political Communication Media, Emotion and Environmental Advocacy
Introduction: ‘Post-political’ climate change
Chapter 1: Political elites and the search for green meaning
Chapter 2: Cycles, arenas and norms: understanding news coverage
Chapter 3: Green consumption, lifestyle journalism and media advocacy
Chapter 4: Climate change and celebrity culture
Chapter 5: Celebrity solutions and the radical alternative
Conclusion: In search of the political
Biography
Philip Hammond is Professor of Media and Communications at London South Bank University, UK.
"This is a must read for anyone concerned with the workings of 21st century fear culture and the media. Hammond provides an excellent account of how climate change has been integrated into a therapeutic outlook on public life." - Frank Furedi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
"Is climate change the ultimate global problem which must be solved through coordinated, collective action; or is this drive for consensus on climate change denying political subjectivity and obstructing the possibility of solving more pressing social injustices? Philip Hammond’s new book, Climate Change and Post-Political Communication, offers an original and persuasive answer to this question by following the roles of media, news journalism and celebrity in the public framing of climate change." - Mike Hulme, Professor of Human Geography, University of Cambridge
