Title
Who speaks for the climate? [electronic resource] : making sense of media reporting on climate change / Maxwell T. Boykoff.
ISBN
9781139157254 (electronic book)
9780521115841
9780521133050 (paperback)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) : ill.
Call Number
QC903 .B68 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.4/4936373874
Summary
"The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues - from news to entertainment - are powerful and important links between people's everyday realities and experiences, and the ways in which they are discussed by scientists, policymakers and public actors. A dynamic mix of influences - from internal workings of mass media such as journalistic norms, to external political, economic, cultural and social factors - shape what becomes a climate 'story'. Providing a bridge between academic considerations and real world developments, this book helps students, academic researchers and interested members of the public make sense of media reporting on climate change as it explores 'who speaks for climate' and what effects this may have on the spectrum of possible responses to contemporary climate challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
The world stage: cultural politics and climate change
Roots and culture: exploring media coverage of climate change through history
Fight semantic drift: confronting issue conflation
Placing climate complexity in context
Climate stories: how journalistic norms shape media content
Signals and noise: covering human contributions to climate change
Carbonundrums: media consumption in the public sphere
A light in the attic?: ongoing media representations of climate change.
