A Strategic Nature: Public Relations and the Politics of American Environmentalism

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Synopsis
A look at how public relations has dominated public understanding of the natural environment for over one hundred years. In A Strategic Nature, Melissa Aronczyk and Maria I. Espinoza examine public relations as a social and political force that shapes both our understanding of the environmental crises we now face and our responses to them. Drawing on in-depth interviews, ethnography, and archival research, Aronczyk and Espinoza document the evolution of PR techniques to control public perception of the environment since the beginning of the twentieth century. More than spin or misinformation, PR affects how institutions and individuals conceptualize environmental problems -- from conservation to coal mining to carbon credits. Revealing the linkages of professional strategists, information politics, and environmental standards, A Strategic Nature shows how public relations restricts alternative paths to a sustainable climate future.
Copyright:
2021

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ISBN-13:
9780190055370
Related ISBNs:
9780190055356, 9780190055363, 9780190055349
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts, Communication, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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