Who speaks for the climate? : making sense of media reporting on climate change / / Maxwell T. Boykoff.

"The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues - from news to entertainment - are powerful and important links between people's everyday realities and...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xii, 228 p. :; ill.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Cultural politics and climate change; 2. Media coverage of climate change over time; 3. The great climate gestalt swindle; 4. Multi-scale factors shaping media reporting of climate change; 5. Journalistic norms and media portrayals; 6. 'Balance as bias' and contrarian influences in the public sphere; 7. Links between media representations and public awareness, engagement, evaluation of policy alternatives; 8. Looking to the future.