Environmental communication and the public sphere / Robert Cox, Phaedra C. Pezzullo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : speaking for/about the environment -- Studying/practicing environmental communication -- Contested meanings of environment -- Symbolic constructions of environment -- The environment in/of visual and popular culture -- News media and environmental journalism (old and new) -- Scientists, technology, and environmental controversies -- Environmental risk communication and the public -- Advocacy campaigns and message construction -- Digital media and environmental activism -- Environmental justice and climate justice movements -- Sustainability and the "greening" of corporations and campuses -- Public participation in environmental decisions -- Managing conflict : collaboration and environmental disputes -- Citizens' (and nature's) "standing" : environmental protection and the law.

This is a comprehensive undergraduate textbook in the growing field of environmental communication. It takes as its theme 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.