Climate Change, Media & Culture

Juliet Pinto, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with The Pennsylvania State University's College of Communications. Her research interests include news production of environmental issues. Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice at Lancaster University UK. His research focuses on issues of journalism, power, geography, and storytelling. Paola Prado, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Journalism and Digital Media at Roger Williams University. Her research focuses on environmental risk news reporting and ICTs for development and social change in Latin America.

• Introduction. Critical Challenges in Communicating Climate Change; Juliet G. Pinto, Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., and Paola Prado Chapter 1. "Why is it here, of all places?": Debris cleanup, black space, and narratives of marginalized geographies in post-Irma Miami-Dade; Moses Shumow Chapter 2. Comparing theoretical explanations for the empirical effects of presenting climate change as a health issue on social media; Jessica Myrick Chapter 3. Goodbye, Miami? Reporting Climate Change as a Local Story; Susan Jacobson, Juliet Pinto, Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., and Allan Wilson  Chapter 4. Who Matters in Climate Change Discourse in Alberta; Shelley Boulianne and Stephanie Belland Chapter 5. Broaching agenda for climate change in Africa: A perspective on media engagement with climatic issues in Ghana; Modestus Fosu, Timothy Quashigah, and Paulina Kuranchie Chapter 6. Raising Awareness on Environmental Protection Issues through Cartooning: A Semiotic Analysis of Eco-Cartoons Published in the Nigerian Media; Floribert Patrick C. Endong Chapter 7. Communicating about Climate Change through Art and Science; Ronald E. Rice, Stacy Rebich Hespanha, and Huiru (Jennifer) Zhu

Contributors in communication, digital media, journalism, psychology, and public communication examine political rhetoric and science communication related to global climate change and sustainable development. They examine discourses and methods for explaining climate change to the public, looking at environmental communication in various genres and media, including journalism, art, and visual communication. Case studies from the US, Canada, and Africa shed light on aspects such as eco-cartoons, reporting climate change as a local story, and presenting climate change as a health issue on social media. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.