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Book SynopsisThe Mediated Climate explores the places where the climate and information crises meet, examining how journalism, activism, corporations, and Big Tech compete to influence the public.
Trade ReviewThe Mediated Climate puts the status quo on notice. By scrutinizing the intersections between climate change and information ecosystems, the book shows that this is a social, political, cultural, technological, and existential set of intersecting challenges we must bravely address now. -- Max Boykoff, author of
Creative (Climate) Communications: Productive Pathways for Science, Policy and Society A brilliant, sharp, and original book on how we talk about climate change, and what a difference that might make for our collective future. Change begins with words, and Russell presents an inspiring call for journalists and citizens to lead it. -- Zizi Papacharissi, author of
After Democracy: Imagining Our Political FutureAs any journalist can tell you: the climate crisis is a communication crisis. Russell provides an honest reflection on the ways journalism has been part of the problem, as well as a necessary part of the solution. -- Phaedra C. Pezzullo, author of
Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care The Mediated Climate is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the intersection of the climate and information crises. Adrienne Russell expertly examines how climate discourses are created and negotiated in a polluted information environment. This book presents inspiring successes for anyone who is engaged in reclaiming our mediated spaces. -- Bruno Takahashi, coeditor of
The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental CommunicationRussell provides a comprehensive analysis of the intersection of the climate and the information crises and thereby shows how the climate crisis is also a communication crisis. * Journalism *
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Two Crises
1. House on Fire
2. Noise, Incivility, and Ambivalence
3. After Peak Indifference
4. Collective Imaginary
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
