The news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates.

Autorentext
Alison G. Anderson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Culture, Community and Society at the University of Plymouth, UK. She is Editor of Environmental Communication. Her previous books include Media, Culture and the Environment (1997) and Nanotechnology, Risk and Communication (2009) with Alan Petersen, Clare Wilkinson and Stuart Allan.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Risks, Protest and the Network Society 3. News Agendas, Framing Contests and Power 4. The Climate Change Controversy 5. Oils Spills and Crisis Communication 6. Emerging Technologies 7. Future Directions Bibliography