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Lester, Libby

Media and environment : conflict, politics and the news / Libby Lester. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. - ix, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index.

Contents: Media and environments. Constructing the environment ; Before television ; Discovering the environment -- Conflict and risk. Debating the environment ; Public arenas ; Mediated conflict ; Risk society -- News and journalists. Constructing news ; Making news ; Changing news -- Sources and voices. News sources ; Political and industry communications ; Scientific sources, lay voices -- Movement and protest. Environment movement ; Protest and demonstrations ; Protest and the internet -- Symbols and celebrities. Symbols and politics ; Symbolizing forest destruction ; Celebrity protesters -- Environment and engagement. Engaging citizens ; Engaging media.

ISBN: 9780745644028

LCCN: 2011283833

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mass media and the environment.
Environmental policy--Press coverage
Environmental sciences--Press coverage
Environmental health--Press coverage
Environmental protection--Press coverage
Mass media--Social policy
Environmentalism in mass media

LC Class. No.: HM 851 / .L642 2010