Environment, politics and activism : the role of media / editor, Somnath Batabyal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Batabyal, Somnath.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and the environment.

Environmentalism in mass media.

Mass media and the environment--India--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the role of the media in environmental politics and activism in the 21st century. It highlights how politics is mediated in myriad ways through newspapers and news channels, through mobile telephony and through social networking sites. Further, it shows how the media creates and influences relevant discourses, builds campaigns and awareness, and adopts and discards issues. With a range of perspectives on issues of environmental justice and equity, the volume scrutinizes how the media discourse on environment shapes our politics, and the role of international politics, finance, youth, newspapers, magazines and 24-hour television. Bringing together academics, activists and media persons, this highly topical book will serve as significant reading for researchers and scholars of development studies and media studies, as well as policymakers, NGOs and environmental campaigners.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Theoretical Frameworks ""; ""1. The (Im)possibility of Critique in Developmental Debates""; ""2. Chasing the Long Tail of Climate Change""; ""Part II: Media and Environmental Discourse in India ""; ""3. Greenathon: Organizing the Social-Conscience of Post-Liberalization Urban India""; ""4. New Delhi's Times: Creating a Myth for a City""; ""5. Banishing the Hyphen: The Rural-Urban Divide and Mainstream Television in India""

""6. Politics of Body Spectacle: Old Movements Creating New(s) Stories""""Part III: Case Studies: India and the World ""; ""7. A Coming-Out Party for Indian Waste Pickers?: Pondering the Dilemmas of Making Local Environmentalism Global""; ""8. Not Politics of the Usual: Youth Environmental Movements""; ""9. The Environmental Collective of Goiás Youth""; ""About the Editor""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-34151-1

1-315-66190-X

1-317-34150-3

OCLC:

914166131