Environmental Communication And The Public Sphere eBook

"This is the best undergraduate text devoted to environmental communication. Itsthestandard book for an introduction to the field." 
Jeffrey L. Courtright, Illinois State University

TheFifthEditionof the award-winningEnvironmental Communication and the Public Sphere remains the most comprehensive introductory text in the growing field of environmental communication.  This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. It also examines how we define what constitutes an environmental problem and how we decide what actions to take concerning the natural world. 

In the highly anticipated Fifth Edition, internationally recognized researcher Phaedra Pezzullo and three-time Sierra Club President Robert Cox leverage their vast experience to offer insights into the news media, Congress, environmental conflict, advocacy campaigns, and other real-world applications of environmental communication. This edition also explores recent eventsthe Trump Administration, wolf conservation, public land milestones, the Flint water crisis, corporate disinformation campaigns, new alliances for a "just transition" in a growing renewable energy economy, the Peoples Climate March, international legal precedents, and moreto illustrate key terms and the significance of environmental communication.