The daily globe
Subtitle: environmental change, the public and the media
By: edited by Joe Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Joe, 1967-
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Mass media and the environment.; Médias et environnement
Description: "The Daily Globe represents the state of knowledge about media treatment and public understanding of key environmental issues around the world, incorporating a wealth of expertise and insight from distinguished journalists, politicians, researchers and environmentalists. The book offers practical examples of successful new forms of collaboration and communication and lays the foundation for effective future strategies aimed at informing public debate on the choices and challenges presented by global environmental change."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communicating the science behind global environmental change issues / Sir Robert M. May, Richard Pitts; title: Politics, the public and the environment / The Rt. Hon. John Gummer MP; title: Public and 'expert' opinion on environmental issues / Robert M. Worcester; title: Reporting sustainable development: a broadcast journalist's view / Roger Harrabin; title: Have we 'had enough of all that eco-bollox'? / Paul Brown, Frank McDonald; title: Genetic modification, food and sustainable development: telling the story / Devinder Sharma; title: Mediating global citizenship / Bronislaw Szerszynski, John Urry, Greg Myers; title: The greening of the public, politics, and the press, 1985-1999 / Ivor Gaber; title: 'Other' cultures, 'other' environments and the mass media / Graham P. Chapman; title: Making the environment news on the Today Programme / Julian Darley; title: After the Brent Spar: business, the media, and the new environmental politics / Joe Smith; title: Communicating about climate change: an NGO view / Cherry Farrow; title: Media coverage of sustainable development and Local Agenda 21 / Heather Voisey, Chris Church; title: Communicating complexity and uncertainty: a challenge for the media / David Gee; title: Bridging the gap between science and the media: the case of SeaWeb / Vikki Spruill.