Environmental Activism and Global Media: Perspective from the Past, Present and Future - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3031554078 ISBN 13 : 9783031554070

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2024

Synopsis

This book discusses the past, present, and future of environmental activism and global media, elaborating on the critical role that media plays in influencing awareness regarding environmental challenges and in inspiring the action(s) to address them. Including contributions from an international interdisciplinary panel of scholars, this volume analyzes various facets of media and activism in the environmental context. The volume is divided into four sections.

Chapters in section I provide a survey of the evolving relationship between global media and environmental activism, laying the groundwork for understanding how media channels

the support for activism, the history of environmental activism, and the construction of narratives within the political, economic and the social spheres of society. Chapters in section II discuss the role of mass media in raising environmental issues in the era of globalization, digitization and social media. Chapters in section III address how the advancement of media platforms has facilitated globalized environmental activism. Chapters in section IV are focused on the policy perspective and how governance structures affect the environmental activism process.

Introducing its readers to the most symbolic events with respect to environmental activism, globalization, and media at large through analytical and socio-political movements, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of media, political science, environmental studies, cultural studies, and international studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant professor (Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi New Delhi, India). He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) in Varanasi. He has published more than 75 papers in international journals in the field of Environmental management. He has also edited more than 45 books with various global publishers.

Bendangwapang Ao is a doctoral Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has received his Masters from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal and has an MPhil in Science Policy from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously he worked as an Assistant Manager in Agriculture and Rural Banking, at Axis Bank. His areas of interest include environmental policy, climate change, environmental refugees, international relations and the politics of climate negotiations.

Dr. Medhavi is an Academician cum researcher who received her PhD in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at a few colleges at Delhi University (Delhi College of Arts & Commerce and Institute of Home Economics) and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. She has also worked as a researcher with Vice Media, Netflix and the Samavesh Chamber of Commerce. She has many publications in the field of Cinema Research in various reputed journals and has a double Masters's in Economics and Mass Communication. Currently, she is an Editor in the National Book Trust, Government of India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031554078
• ISBN 13: 9783031554070
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 353
• Éditeur: Singh Pardeep, Ao Bendangwapang, Medhavi Dr
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