Climate Change and Post-Political Communication - Media, Emotion and Environmental Advocacy

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Philip Hammond is Professor of Media and Communications at London South Bank University, UK. Klappentext Its principal objective is to explore the transformations which politics has undergone in recent decades through the mediation of environmental discourse and, in so doing, to advance current understandings of environmental advocacy and contemporary Western political culture. Zusammenfassung Its principal objective is to explore the transformations which politics has undergone in recent decades through the mediation of environmental discourse and, in so doing, to advance current understandings of environmental advocacy and contemporary Western political culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: ‘Post-political’ climate change 1. Political elites and the search for green meaning 2. Cycles, arenas and norms: understanding news coverage 3. Green consumption, lifestyle journalism and media advocacy 4. Climate change and celebrity culture 5. Celebrity solutions and the radical alternative Conclusion: In search of the political ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: HAMMOND, Philip Hammond, Philip (London South Bank University Hammond, Philip Ortega Breton Hammond, Hammond Philip, Hugh Ortega Breton
• Collaboration: Hammond Philip (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 04.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138777491
• ISBN: 978-1-138-77749-1
• Pages: 150
• Thèmes: Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media; Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Media Studies, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Communication Studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising