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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453318803321

Autore

Blewitt John <1957->

Titolo

Media, ecology and conservation : using the media to protect the world's wildlife and ecosystems / / John Blewitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Totnes, Devon : , : Green Books, , 2010

ISBN

0-85784-012-6

0-85784-013-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

The converging world series ; ; [2]

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Environmental protection

Environmentalism

Mass media and the environment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Animals in human culture; Chapter 2: Animals and visual culture; Chapter 3: Blue chip and beyond; Chapter 4: Films for conservation; Chapter 5: Image, truth and the imagination; Chapter 6: A mirror to nature; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"">This book focuses on global connectivity and the role of new digital and traditional media in bringing people together to protect the world's endangered wildlife and conserve fragile and threatened habitats. New media offers opportunities for like-minded individuals, community groups, businesses, and public organizations to learn and work cooperatively for the good of all species. One of the key themes of this book explores the important issue of how new information and communication technologies mediate the natural world and our understanding of our place in i