"The second edition of Environment, Media and Communication builds on the first edition's framework for analysing and understanding media and communication roles in the politics of the environment. It draws on the significant and continuing growth and advances in the field of environmental communica
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tion research to show the increasing diversification and complexity of environmental communication. The book highlights the persistent urgency of analysing and understanding how communication about the environment is being influenced and manipulated, with implications for how and indeed whether environmental challenges are being addressed and dealt with.Since the first edition, changes in media organisations, news media and environmental journalism have continued apace, but - perhaps more significantly - the media technologies and the media and communications landscape have evolved profoundly with the continued rise of digital and social media. Such changes have gone hand in hand with, and often facilitated, enabled and enhanced shifting balances of power in the politics of the environment. There is thus a greater need than ever to analyse and understand the roles of mediated public communication about the environment, and to ask critical questions about who/what benefits and who/what is adversely affected by such processes." (Publisher description)
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"Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typically operating in separate academic spheres. These fields are now rapidly converging, and this handbook aims to reinforce the common concerns and methodo
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logies of the sibling disciplines.The Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication charts the history of the relationship between ecocriticism and environmental communication studies, while also highlighting key new paradigms in information studies, diverse examples of practical applications of environmental communication and textual analysis, and the patterns and challenges of environmental communication in non-Western societies. Contributors to this book include literary, film and religious studies scholars, communication studies specialists, environmental historians, practicing journalists, art critics, linguists, ethnographers, sociologists, literary theorists, and others, but all focus their discussions on key issues in textual representations of human-nature relationships and on the challenges and possibilities of environmental communication. The handbook is designed to map existing trends in both ecocriticism and environmental communication and to predict future directions." (Publisher description)
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"La Guía para el diseño de estrategias de comunicación para la defensa del territorio busca contribuir a una pacificación integral de los territorios utilizando como herramienta la comunicación comunitaria. Algunos podrían pensar que somos idealistas, pensarán que sólo siendo bruscos e impon
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iéndonos con violencia y miedo se terminan las guerras. Queda claro, con las enseñanzas de Sun Tzu y los Pueblos Indígenas, que con sutileza, paciencia, astucia y creatividad se pueden construir mundos más vivibles, más humanos. La primera nos lleva invariablemente hacia la muerte y la destrucción, la segunda nos permite imaginar otros mundos. Por último, esta “Guía” busca ser eso, una guía, en consecuencia, no tiene respuestas estáticas o lo que yo llamo “de receta”. Por el contrario, se alimenta de preguntas, paisajes, sueños y esperanzas. Esta guía necesita del movimiento porque sólo así podremos defender el territorio, es decir, la vida." (Página 1)
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"Hemos estructurado el documento en tres grandes partes. La primera es una lectura del Vivir Bien / Buen Vivir desde las prácticas de las experiencias sistematizadas. Es un esfuerzo por conceptualizar la Comunicación para el Vivir Bien / Buen Vivir desde las prácticas vividas. Siguiendo las narra
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tivas, voces, imaginarios y palabras contenidas en las experiencias autosistematizadas, hemos podido proponer una aproximación conceptual centrada en la Comunicación para el Buen-Convivir y Bien-Transformar. La segunda parte recoge el “Manual de Autosistematización”, que está compuesto de cinco módulos: El Módulo I se sumerge en el estudio de lo que es la sistematización, estableciendo sus funciones, características y usos principales. El Módulo II hace un repaso de las características principales de la Comunicación para el Vivir Bien / Buen Vivir. El III trabaja la recuperación de las experiencias en su proceso vivido desde su creación. El Módulo IV propone una reflexión valorativa crítica sobre la experiencia en sus contextos. Finalmente, el Módulo V dedicado a establecer los puntos de llegada, recoge las principales lecciones aprendidas y las proyecciones posibles. La tercera parte “Conociendo las prácticas innovadoras de Comunicación para el Vivir Bien / Buen Vivir”, contiene una presentación descriptiva y resumida de las experiencias autosistematizadas, en apretadas síntesis sobre sus características generales, sus objetivos, sus cronologías o recorrido histórico, sus principales lecciones aprendidas y sus posibles proyecciones." (Página 16-17)
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"So wie der Brundtland-Bericht mit dem Titel „Unsere gemeinsame Zukunft“ 1987 das Konzept der nachhaltigen Entwicklung entworfen hat, skizziert der WBGU in diesem Gutachten „Unsere gemeinsame digitale Zukunft“ das Konzept der digitalisierten Nachhaltigkeitsgesellschaft. Dieses Gutachten stel
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lt die bisher größte Herausforderung dar, der sich der WBGU seit seiner Gründung im Rio-Jahr 1992 gestellt hat: in intellektueller, in politischer und in ethischer Hinsicht. Denn der WBGU dehnt den Analyseraum über seinen Kernkompetenzbereich hinaus aus, weil das künftige Schicksal der planetarischen Umwelt massiv vom Fortgang der digitalen Revolution abhängen wird. Er mischt sich in einen gesellschaftlichen Diskurs ein, der immer hektischer geführt wird, weil es um die globale Innovationsführerschaft im 21. Jahrhundert geht. Und er versucht, Antworten auf Kernfragen zu finden – Fragen nach der mittelfristigen Zukunft, ja sogar nach dem schieren Fortbestand des Anthropos auf der Erde. Nur wenn es gelingt, die digitalen Umbrüche in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit auszurichten, kann die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation gelingen. Digitalisierung droht ansonsten als Brandbeschleuniger von Wachstumsmustern zu wirken, die die planetarischen Leitplanken durchbrechen. Nachhaltigkeitspioniere müssen die Chancen von Digitalisierung nutzen und zugleich deren Risiken einhegen." (Zusammenfassung, Seite 1)
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"This toolkit is for all journalists and communicators who would like to approach and delve into the topic of sustainable lifestyles. In here you will find advice from people working in the field who shared their perspective on finding the most compelling stories, visually representing them, and rea
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ching out to editors. Additionally, professional communicators shared in this toolkit their experience on how to talk to broad audiences about sustainable lifestyles, how to catch their attention, and raise awareness. This document was developed by CIDSE, the international family of Catholic social justice organizations, in the framework of the sustainable lifestyles campaign “Change for the Planet - Care for the People”. CIDSE has been involved in climate justice for years, but only more recently we started focusing more closely on sustainable lifestyles. It seemed more and more urgent to stress that, additionally to the changes needed at the political level, we also need to radically shift our behaviors and personify that change that we want to see and communication plays a crucial role in supporting and provoking such a shift. While still being active at global level and lobbying for justice in the political system managing climate, we also believe in the power of people to create massive change with their coordinated personal efforts." (Introduction)
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"If digitalization truly is an element of great social change, it has to be sustainable, fair, and relevant to all people and working for the common good. Without proper discussions on benefits or risk, without democratic control and regulations, technologies have the potential to lead to more and n
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ew social, economic and ecological problems. Important first steps have been made to discuss the role of technology and the digital world. Yet we have to continue to actively shape the path of a truly sustainable digitalization. As a framework, in this paper we propose one of the most comprehensive sustainability concepts ever agreed on by the world: The 2030 Agenda with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." (Page 1)
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"Knapp 2.000 Menschen zog die ‹Bits & Bäume› im November 2018 an die Technische Universität Berlin. Dieser Zuspruch verdeutlicht die Lücke, die wir mit unserer Veranstaltung gefüllt haben: Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit als zwei wesentliche aktuelle Herausforderungen unserer Gesellscha
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ft müssen endlich gemeinsam diskutiert werden. Die ‹Bits & Bäume› hat vielfältige Akteure zusammengebracht, vor allem aus der Tech-Szene und der Nachhaltigkeitsbewegung, aber auch aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik. Die Konferenz hat gezeigt: Wir brauchen dringend neue Foren, um uns mit Digitalisierung auseinanderzusetzen. Verschiedene Akteure müssen gleichberechtigt und demokratisch daran teilhaben. Denn wie die Digitalisierung politisch gestaltet wird, darf nicht vordergründig von wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen abhängen. Mit diesem Buch möchten wir zentrale Inhalte der‹Bits & Bäume› für diese gesellschaftliche Debatte festhalten." (Editorial, Seite 2)
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"This article analyzes socio-environmental conflicts in Latin America through a conflict transformation lens, highlighting the contributory role of the media as a secondary- and third-party actor in dialogues that address intractable conflicts. This article reviews journalistic coverage of war indic
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ators posited by Johan Galtung, and modified indicators by Lynch and McGoldrick, finding that indicators require further adaptation to analyze socio-environmental conflicts. Using frame theory, this work developed indicators for contributory frames and for the partisan frames. With those indicators the author analyzed the regional and national media and the stages of conflict cycle in three socio-environmental conflicts in Peru." (Abstract)
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"Seguindo a proposta da Rede Eclesial Pan-Amazônica (REPAM), o documento se estrutura com base nas três conversões às quais o Papa Francisco nos convida: a conversão pastoral, à qual nos chama por meio da Exortação Apostólica Evangelii gaudium (ver-ouvir); a conversão ecológica, por meio
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da Encíclica Laudato si’, que orienta o rumo (julgar-agir); e a conversão à sinodalidade eclesial, mediante a Constituição Apostólica Episcopalis Communio, que estrutura o caminhar juntos (julgar-agir)." (Página 3)
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"Following the proposal of the Pan-Amazon Church Network (REPAM), the document is structured on the basis of three conversions to which Pope Francis invites us: the pastoral conversion to which he calls us in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (see-listen); the ecological conversion which t
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he Encyclical Laudato Si’ urges, setting the course (judge-act); and the conversion to church synodality detailed in the Apostolic Constitution Episcopalis Communio, that guides the walking together (judge-act). This Working Document is the fruit of a long process that includes the drafting of the Preparatory Document for the Synod in June 2018; and an extensive survey of Amazon communities." (Pages 3-4)
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"Esta guía comparte consejos para comunicar el cambio climático de manera efectiva. Está dirigida a profesionales de la comunicación y otros defensores de la acción climática que trabajan en países en desarrollo. Si alguna vez ha tratado de explicar a los colegas de su organización, a los fo
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rmuladores de políticas o al público en general cómo está cambiando el clima, cómo les afecta y qué pueden hacer al respecto, entonces esta guía es para usted. Ya sea que se encuentre en el gobierno, en el sector privado, la sociedad civil o el mundo académico, cuando nos referimos a los “comunicadores del clima”, ¡estamos hablando de usted! Esta guía se centra en las comunicaciones sobre el clima en los países en desarrollo porque ya se ha escrito y debatido bastante sobre la mejor manera de comunicar los problemas climáticos en los países industrializados. Esta guía fue escrita por el personal del área de Gestión del Conocimiento y Comunicaciones de CDKN, que viene trabajando en docenas de países de ingresos bajos y medios en Asia del Sur y en el Sudeste Asiático, África Subsahariana, América Latina y el Caribe desde el 2010. Nuestras comunicaciones han apuntado a concientizar sobre: la ciencia física del cambio climático; los impactos del cambio climático en la pobreza y el desarrollo; el potencial para construir resiliencia al cambio climático; las oportunidades de adoptar una economía baja en emisiones." (Sobre esta guía, página 4)
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"Sustainable development is a big challenge for developing countries, due to lack of effective communication about sustainability to the rural population. This paper aims at building a theoretically and statistically sound model to communicate sustainability more effectively in rural areas in order
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to achieve sustainable development. To this end, the constructs and items of the hypothesised model are identified, based on a focus group discussion and backed by the literature reviewed. Both partial least squares and covariance-based structural equation modelling approaches were used to test the hypotheses and validate the model against multiple indices after analysing survey data collected from 300 community radio listeners in Bangladesh. It was found that the unique media characteristics of community radio positively increased the acceptability of sustainability communications, which in turn affects the behavioural determinants (popular theory: attitudes, self-efficacy belief and social norms) and changed the intention to adopt sustainable behaviour. Example cases from around the world also support the statistically sound model." (Abstract)
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"Este mapeamento foi estabelecido com os seguintes objetivos: contribuir com uma visão global na Pan-Amazônia, suas culturas, seus povos, superando visões fragmentadas e favorecer o testemunho de uma plena comunhão eclesiástica e de toda uma pastoral na bacia amazônica; oferecer um amplo panor
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ama da presença, da identidade e da ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia; incentivar a cooperação com outras instituições nacionais e internacionais na preservação da identidade dos povos amazônicos. Mais especificamente, esse processo visa a favorecer a análise, a reflexão e o diálogo sobre a realidade socioeconômica, política e cultural-religiosa; a estimular uma visão Pan-Amazônica que supere a fragmentação; fortalecer o protagonismo dos povos indígenas, ribeirinhos, afrodescendentes e demais grupos para a elaboração de propostas para seu tecido sociocultural; a fortalecer a organização social e a transformação da realidade; a proporcionar uma base de dados para o planejamento de atividades educativas, organizativas e mobilizadoras de projetos e processos; a produzir mapas gerais e específicos da presença e ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia, entre outros." (Introdução, página 2)
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