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    1. Popularizing the environment in modern media

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Seelig, Michelle (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-01-01
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10642
    Journal Title:
    The Communication Review
    Journal Title Details:
    22(1): 45-83
    Notes:
    40 pages., via online journal., The present essay comparatively explores and reflects on popularizing the environment in a changing media ecology wherein content is no longer exclusive to traditional television viewing or distributed for cinematic release. Specifically, the aim of this essay is to illustrate how screened presentations such as film, television, and recently digital media, promote environmentalist ideals in the hopes that if audiences are entertained, then perhaps these narratives can subtly influence thinking and behavior. This review also draws from research on mediating the environment in television and film studies as well as scholarly literature on entertainment-education. The implications of this essay indicate that whether real or fictional, eco-friendly content is growing in popular media and no longer the backdrop to the story being told. As this essay shows, media professionals have started embracing entertaining content infused with content of value so that audiences can “see” why the environment is important.

    2. Rural perspectives of climate change: a study from Saurastra and Kutch of Western India

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Moghariya, Dineshkumar P. (author), Smardon, Richard C. (author), and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2014-08-01
    Published:
    [place of publication not identified]: SAGE Publishing
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10123
    Journal Title:
    Public Understanding of Science
    Journal Title Details:
    23(6) : 660–677
    Notes:
    18 pages., Via online journal., This research reports on rural people’s beliefs and understandings of climate change in the Saurastra/ Kutch region of Western India. Results suggest that although most rural respondents have not heard about the scientific concept of climate change, they have detected changes in the climate. They appear to hold divergent understandings about climate change and have different priorities for causes and solutions. Many respondents appear to base their understandings of climate change upon a mix of ideas drawn from various sources and rely on different kinds of reasoning in relation to both causes of and solutions to climate change to those used by scientists. Environmental conditions were found to influence individuals’ understanding of climate change, while demographic factors were not. The results suggest a need to learn more about people’s conceptual models and understandings of climate change and a need to include local climate research in communication efforts.