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Media Construction of Environment and Sustainability in India

AUTHOR Ltd, Sage Publications Pvt; Nambiar, Prithi
PUBLISHER Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd (06/07/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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The book analyses the role of media and communication in negotiating the meaning of environment and sustainability in the developmental context of India. As part of the global development discourse, it has become necessary to refocus on the meanings attributed to environment, sustainability, and sustainable development at the local and national level. The impact of these globally generated imperatives on a democratic, fast-developing nation like India is determined by the extent to which meaning negotiation through discourse aids their acceptance within society.

Media Construction of Environment and Sustainability in India presents a theoretical framework against which the role of media and communication in enabling this meaning negotiation is explored and illustrated through textual analysis and examination of interview data. The uniquely theoretical and practical perspective on the discursive construction of these concepts will be of immense value for policy makers, development and media practitioners, scholars, and students of media and communication.

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ISBN-13: 9788132117414
ISBN-10: 8132117417
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 310
Carton Quantity: 20
Product Dimensions: 5.70 x 0.90 x 8.60 inches
Weight: 0.90 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Dust Cover, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications
Business & Economics | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Dewey Decimal: 338.954
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014012533
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The book analyses the role of media and communication in negotiating the meaning of environment and sustainability in the developmental context of India. As part of the global development discourse, it has become necessary to refocus on the meanings attributed to environment, sustainability, and sustainable development at the local and national level. The impact of these globally generated imperatives on a democratic, fast-developing nation like India is determined by the extent to which meaning negotiation through discourse aids their acceptance within society.

Media Construction of Environment and Sustainability in India presents a theoretical framework against which the role of media and communication in enabling this meaning negotiation is explored and illustrated through textual analysis and examination of interview data. The uniquely theoretical and practical perspective on the discursive construction of these concepts will be of immense value for policy makers, development and media practitioners, scholars, and students of media and communication.

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Author: Nambiar, Prithi
Prithi Nambiar is the executive director of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), which she established in Sydney in 2001. She has a PhD in International Communication from Macquarie University, Australia. She has developed and managed a range of innovative sustainability education programs that connect Australia to India. She also teaches media and communications at Macquarie University and is the Editor of the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (SAGE).Prithi has worked in the area of strategic communication, education, economic and development policy, analysis, capacity building, and training as well as project development, management, and implementation based on multi-stakeholder partnerships in the environment and development sector for over two decades. She has been responsible for a highly focused and intensive communication campaign that successfully restored a contested portion of the Narayan Sarovar sanctuary in Gujarat between 1993 and 1997. She has written extensively for a wide range of mainstream English national press in India on environment and development issues. She is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas), and the CEC (Commission on Education and Communication).
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