Global Trade and Mediatised Environmental Protest

The View From Here
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-27725-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 177 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 251 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication

As more governments, companies and individuals scan the globe for access to primary resources such as minerals and timber, food, power and water, and destinations for work, holidays and homes, pressures on places and communities grow. At the same time, global environmental risks – most notably, climate change – produce new networks and unfamiliar forms of politics. Communication media are integral to this change. This book explores how geographically diverse groups and individuals interact in and through media to influence the negotiations and decisions affecting often distant landscapes and communities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Australia-Asia region, the book includes case studies on the environmental protests that follow the international flow of people and resources, including timber, fish, coal, water and tourism. It asks how ‘communities of concern’ are evoked, which transcend local places and national boundaries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lester, Libby

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Counting Protest.- Chapter Three: Protest and Publics.- Chapter Four: The Spectacle of the Reef.- Chapter Five: Industrialising the Forests and the Fishes.- Chapter Six: The Information Trade.- Chapter Seven: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Libby Lester is Professor of Media at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She has worked as a journalist in Australia and Asia, and written extensively on environmental media and communications.