Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere by Robert Cox

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere by Robert Cox

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere is the first book to offer a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role of communication in influencing the ways in which we perceive the environment as well as what actions we and others take in our relations to the natural world.

"Writing for undergraduate students, Cox explains how communication shapes perceptions of environmental issues; surveys some of the media and public forums that are used for environmental communications and some of the communication practices of ordinary citizens, scientists, corporate lobbyists, and others seeking to influence decisions about nature and the human environment; and identifies conversations and debates taking place locally and globally that students and activists can join" -- SciTech * Book News *
"This all combines into an intensive introduction to an important aspect of communication—written by a man who has played an active part in the field about which he writes." 

—COMMUNICATION BOOKNOTES QUARTERLY -- Christopher H. Sterling * Communication Booknotes Quarterly - Vol 39:I January-March 2008 *

Robert Cox is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His principal research areas are environmental and climate change communication and strategic studies of social movements. A internationally-recognized leading scholar who helped found the field of environmental communication, Cox is coeditor of The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication (2015; second edition forthcoming), editor of the four-volume reference series Environmental Communication (Sage, 2016), and the author of numerous studies of environmental and climate change campaigns. He has served three times (1994-1996; 2000-2001; 2007-2008) as president of the Sierra Club, the largest grassroots U.S. environmental organization, and was also on the board of directors for Earth Echo International, whose mission is “to empower youth to take action that restores and protects our water planet.” Cox also continues to advise environmental groups on their communication programs. He regularly participates in environmental and climate change initiatives and has campaigned with former vice president Al Gore, singer Melissa Etheridge, and other public figures. He also enjoys hiking and trekking in the Himalayas, Europe, and the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States.

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ISBN 13	9780761930501
ISBN 10	0761930507
Title	Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere
Author	Robert Cox
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2006-03-09
Number of pages	488
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.