The Fifth Edition of the award-winning Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere remains the most comprehensive introductory text in the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. It also examines how we define what constitutes an environmental problem and how we decide what actions to take concerning the natural world.
In the highly anticipated Fifth Edition, internationally recognized researcher Phaedra Pezzullo and three-time Sierra Club President Robert Cox leverage their vast experience to offer insights into the news media, Congress, environmental conflict, advocacy campaigns, and other real-world applications of environmental communication. This edition also explores recent events—the Trump Administration, wolf conservation, public land milestones, the Flint water crisis, corporate disinformation campaigns, new alliances for a “just transition” in a growing renewable energy economy, the People’s Climate March, international legal precedents, and more—to illustrate key terms and the significance of environmental communication.
News Media Reports of Risk: Accurate Information or Sensational Stories?
Whose Voices Speak of Risk?
Who Should Have a Right of Standing?
Who can Speak—and What is Speech?
Nonhuman Nature: Should Trees, Dolphins, and Rivers Have Standing?
Chapter (1) – (Defining Environmental Communication).
Chapter (5) – (The Environment in/of Visual and Popular Culture).