Mass Media and Environmental Conflict: America's Green Crusades / Edition 1

by Mark Neuzil, William Kovarik

Overview

Throughout the history of the environmental movement, the mass media, environmentalists, governments and various power groups have interacted at various levels to affect social change.

The authors of Mass Media and Environmental Conflict emphasize these interactions using a series of case studies in environmental conflict from the United States. They explore the role of books, magazines and newspaper articles amongst other media and the ways media coverage has created both regional and national communities of environmental understanding. Cases covered include: contests over public land; the depletion of wildlife species and the evolution of hunting regulations; campaigns for clean air; and workplace hazards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761903338
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/30/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Specialized Media
Forest and Stream Magazine and the Redefinition of Hunting
Mainstream Media
The Radium Girls
The Media and Social Change
I. Mother of the Forest
The Media and Social Change
II. The Great Alaskan Land Fraud
Media and Competing Power Groups
A Big Dam Controversy
Conflict Management and Scientific Understanding
The 1920s Ethyl Leaded Gasoline Controversy
The Importance of Dramatic Events
The Donora Killer Smog and Smoke Abatement Campaigns
Conclusion