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

Contributor(s):

Batabyal, Somnath [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Routledge ; c2014.Description: viii, 221 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138795631 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 333.72 ENV 007627

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Tables of contents.

Contents:

pt. I. Theoretical frameworks -- The (im)possibility of critique in developmental debates -- Chasing the long tail of climate change -- pt. II. Media and environmental discourse in India -- Greenathon : organizing the social-conscience of post-liberalization urban India -- New Delhi's Times : creating a myth for a city -- Banishing the hyphen : the rural-urban divide and mainstream television in India -- Politics of body spectacle : old movements creating new(s) stories -- pt. III. Case studies : India and the world -- A coming-out party for Indian waste pickers? : pondring the dilemmas of making local environmentalism global -- Not politics of the usual : youth environmental movements -- The environmental collective of Goiás youth.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	333.72 ENV 007627 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007627

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pt. I. Theoretical frameworks --
The (im)possibility of critique in developmental debates --
Chasing the long tail of climate change --
pt. II. Media and environmental discourse in India --
Greenathon : organizing the social-conscience of post-liberalization urban India --
New Delhi's Times : creating a myth for a city --
Banishing the hyphen : the rural-urban divide and mainstream television in India --
Politics of body spectacle : old movements creating new(s) stories --
pt. III. Case studies : India and the world --
A coming-out party for Indian waste pickers? : pondring the dilemmas of making local environmentalism global --
Not politics of the usual : youth environmental movements --
The environmental collective of Goiás youth.

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.

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