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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783655603321

Titolo

Environmentalism and the mass media : the North--South divide / / Graham Chapman. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-73237-6

1-280-20229-7

1-134-73238-4

0-203-44351-9

0-585-46210-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Global environmental change series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChapmanGraham

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Mass media and the environment - Great Britain

Environmentalism - Great Britain

Mass media and the environment - India

Environmentalism - India

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Global Environmental Change Programme.

Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; List of figures; List of tables; The authors and the project; Acknowledgements; Foreword; List of abbreviations; The cultural context; The environmental context; The view from the newsrooms of the UK and international agencies; The view from the newsrooms of India; The messages through the media: the content analysis of media output on the environment in India and the UK; Decoding the images: interpretations of environmental documentaries by British and Indian audiences; Public understanding of the environment in India and the UK

Conclusions: Which worlds are talking?Coder's Handbook; The dictionary to aggregate from B1 to B2; Monitoring of broadcasts; Public opinion in India: questionnaire; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on interviews with journalists, media pictures and public



opinion surveys in both UK and India, the authors outline the differing cultural, religious and political contexts which form the `world views' of North and South.