Communicating a World-in-Crisis / Simon Cottle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cottle, Simon, author.

Series:

Global crises and the media.

Global Crises and the Media Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

We live in a world increasingly defined by systemic, deepening and compounding crises. They threaten not only future human existence but also the planetary web-of-life. With the help of academics, creative practitioners and activists, this book explores some of the innovative ways in which different media, communicative fields, and creative practices are seeking to make a difference. From different forms of journalism and participative documentary to climate photography and ecosophical film; from radical theatre, eco-literature and eco-art to green festivals, popular music and immersive museums; and from journalism training in the climate emergency and sustainability education to communicating with 'whole intelligence' and 'integrated intelligence' beyond AI (artificial intelligence). This panoramic approach enables us to see how diverse communicative fields are engaging with some of the most critical concerns of our times - and what can be learned, shared and developed further in the challenging years ahead.

Contents:

Introduction : communicating a world-in-crisis / Simon Cottle

Reporting a world-in-crisis : on silence, silos and the symbiocene / Simon Cottle

Evaluating reporting roles in climate disasters / Victoria Fielding

Reporting protest and the planetary emergency / Ce´sar Jime´nez-Marti´nez

From climate crisis to environment(al) hope : community, affect and local television / Elke Weissmann and Belinda Tyrrell

First Nations community media and the climate crisis : towards radical ecocommunicative democracy / Kerrie Foxwell, Bridget Backhaus, Troy Meston with Wilcannia River Radio

Green festivals and re-figurative politics : communicating resilience and hope / Steve Muggeridge

Fantasy in visual spectacles of climate change / Niina Uusitalo

Earthship freo : a case study of the potential and limitations of participatory documentary filmmaking / Michelle Johnston and Mignon Shardlow

The new weird : independent cinema as an ecosophical response to climate change / Kingsley Marshall

"There's something you need to hear" : the literature of environmental crisis / Pippa Marland

From hidden wars to hidden theatre : embodying a world-in-crisis / Carrie Westwater

Visionary ecoart : stories for regenerative ecologies / Ruth Wallen

Music in an era of planetary discontinuity : what music can and can't do in this crisis / Simon Kerr

Communicating 'stories that matter' : activist museography and immersive practice in the climate emergency / Jenny Kidd and Salsabilla Sakinah

Communicating sustainability : science literacy and transformative pedagogies / Ron Johnston

"All journalists will be environmental journalists tomorrow" : on problems, pedagogy and prospects / Chris Paterson

Communicating whole intelligence to regenerate the living human world / Malcolm Parlett

Beyond artificial intelligence : toward integrated intelligence for a world-in-crisis / Jeremy Lent

Afterword. Cultural response and creative resilience : a personal reflection / Simon Cottle.

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