Communication
and
the Natural World
second edition
Judith Hendry
University of New Mexico
CONTENTS (brief)
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Preface xiii
Part I: Environmental Communication in a Changing World
Chapter 1: Communication and the Environment
Chapter 2: Environmental Communication in the Anthropocene
Part II: Environmental Worldviews
Chapter 3: Mainstream Environmental Perspectives
Chapter 4: Radical Environmental Perspectives
Part III: Rhetoric and the Environment
Chapter 5: An Introduction to Environmental Rhetoric
Chapter 6: Rhetorics That Divide
Chapter 7: Prophetic Rhetoric
Chapter 8: The Rhetoric of Risk, Science, and Technology
Part IV: Media, Popular Culture, and the Environment
Chapter 9: Environmental News Reporting
Chapter 10: Green Advertising and the Green Consumer
Chapter 11: Popular Culture and the Environment
Part V: Public Participation and Environmental Advocacy
Chapter 12: Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making
Chapter 13: From the Ground Up: The Environmental Justice Movement
Selected Bibliography
Timeline: Environmental Milestones and Significant Events
Credits and Acknowledgments
Index
CONTENTS (detailed)
Preface
PART I
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
Chapter 1
Communication and the Environment
Assumptions Grounding the Study of Environmental Communication
Environmental Communication as a Crisis Discipline
Environmental Communication and Social Justice
Defining the Study of Environmental Communication
Humans’ Relationship to the Natural World
Symbols: Forms and Characteristics
Symbolic Representation, Influence, and Construction
Symbols Represent Reality
Symbols Influence Reality
Symbols Construct Reality
Symbols and the Maintenance of Reality
Ideologies and the Maintenance of Reality
Competing Discourses in an Ideological Struggle
Chapter 2:
Environmental Communication in the Anthropocene
Global Climate Change
Human Population Growth
Species Extinction and Loss of Biodiversity
Fishing
Hunting
Nonnative Species Introduction
Destruction and Alteration of Natural Habitats
Forests
Coral Reefs
Wetlands
Waste Disposal
Solid Wastes
Hazardous Wastes
Radioactive Waste
PART II
ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS
Chapter 3
Mainstream Environmental Perspectives
Influences on the Western View of Nature
The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
Judeo-Christian Beliefs
The Industrial Revolution
Consumerism and Capitalism
Anthropocentric Reformism
Stewardship
Conservation
Preservation
Sustainable Development
Chapter 4
Radical Environmental Perspectives
Deep Ecology
Social Ecology
Ecofeminism
The Messy Domain of Environmental Perspectives
PART III
RHETORIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 5
An Introduction to Environmental Rhetoric
Defining Rhetoric
Instrumental and Constitutive Rhetoric
Rhetoric as Identification
Rhetorical Forms
Reasoned Argumentation
Narrative
Myth
Image Events
Aesthetic Rhetoric
The Romantic Era
Contemporary Nature Writers
Chapter 6
Rhetorics That Divide
The Rhetoric of Polarization and Earth First!
Nondiscursive Rhetoric of Earth First!
Discursive Rhetoric of Earth First!
The Legacy of Earth First!
Some Implications of Polarizing Rhetoric
Another View of Polarizing Rhetoric
Competing Discourses of Climate Change
The Conservative Think Tank Discourse Coalition
Questioning the Science
Discrediting the Scientists
Chapter 7
Prophetic Rhetoric
Apocalyptic Rhetoric
The Apocalyptic Rhetoric of Silent Spring
Implications of Apocalyptic Rhetoric
Potential Backlash to Apocalyptic Rhetoric
A Locus of the Irreparable
Appeals to Uniqueness
Appeals to Precariousness
Appeals to Timeliness
Potential Backlash to Rhetoric of the Irreparable
Utopian Rhetoric
Ecological Utopian Visions
“History of the Future”—An Ecological Utopian Narrative
Utopia as Dialogue
The Jeremiad
The Elements of the Jeremiad
Rhetorical Strategies of the Jeremiad
Chapter 8
The Rhetoric of Risk, Science, and Technology
Technical Rationality vs. Cultural Rationality
Risk Communication
Epidemiology
Constraints to Alternative Ways of Knowing
Language
Control
The Assumption of an Incompetent Lay Public
Ignoring the Outrage Factor
A Colossal Case of a Failed Rhetoric of Risk: Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island Accident
Prevailing Conceptions of the Public
Three Mile Island Today and Subsequent Accidents
Cultural Rationality and Responses to Environmental Risk
NIMBY
NIMBY and Environmental Action
Inverted Quarantine
Inverted Quarantine and Environmental Action
GHOST and the Global Warming Specter
Rhetorical Dimensions of GHOST
GHOST and Environmental Action
PART IV
MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 9
Environmental News Reporting
Framing the Story
Event-Oriented Reporting
Focus on Drama
Selection of Sources
The Practice of “Balance”
Digital Technologies and Alternative News Sources
Post-Truth Society
The Erosion of Trust in Media
Chapter 10
Green Advertising and the Green Consumer
Identifying and Targeting Green Consumers
Greenwash Advertising
Types of Green Advertising
Ads That Promote a Green Lifestyle
Ads That Address the Relationship between a Product and Nature
Ads That Present a Corporate Image of Environmental Responsibility
The Fantasy World of Nature According to Green Ads
Nature Is Sublime
Nature Is “Out There”
Nature Is for Personal Consumption
Nature Is Indestructible
The Green Consumer
The Consumer “Goat”
The Paradox of Green Consumerism
Chapter 11
Popular Culture and the Environment
Defining Nature and the “Natural”
Greeting Cards
March of the Penguins
Defining Humans' Place in the Hierarchy
South Park
Grizzly Man
Defining Environmental Advocacy
SeaWorld
Dr. Seuss
PART V
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
Chapter 12
Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Examining Environmental Impacts
Problems with Implementing NEPA
Building Trust through the Trinity of Voice
Access
Standing
Influence
The Compliance-Hoop Public Participation Model
Traditional versus Innovative Practices
The Yin and Yang of Participation Processes
Freedom of Information, Sunshine, and the Right to Know
Digital Citizen Activism
Using Social Media to Organize and Mobilize
Potential Pitfalls of Online Activism
Slacktivism
Clicktivism
Hacktivism
The Citizen Activist in a Changing Political Landscape
The “New” Green Movement and Climate Justice
The Climate Justice Movement
Chapter 13
From the Ground Up: The Environmental Justice Movement
Environmental Justice
Environmental Racism
Cancer Alley: A Case Study of Environmental Injustice
The Indecorous Voice
Militant Mothers
Environmental Justice and Farm Workers
Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples
Environmental Justice Globally
Seeds of Injustice: Biopiracy
The Injustice of Global Warming
Room for Hope: Paris and the Climate Justice Movement
Selected Bibliography
Timeline: Environmental Milestones and Significant Events
Index
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