Authors emphasize how factors that influence media coverage of climate science intertwine and diverge in the United States and United Kingdom. Journalism and public concerns have shaped decisions in climate science and policy , just as climate science and policy have shaped media reporting and public understanding.
Thomas, Terrence (author), Adu-Nyako, Kofi (author), Gray, Benjamin (author), and Ofori-Boadu, Victor (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24589
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
Reviewed 9 August 2006, 8 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Wagenet, Linda P. (author / Cornell University), Lemley, Ann T. (author / Cornell University), Grantham, Deborah G. (author / Cornell University), Harrison, Ellen Z. (author / Cornell University), Hillman, Katrie (author / Monmouth County Mosquito Commission), Mathers, Kevin (author / Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University), and Younge, Lee Hanle (author / Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26155
18 pages., via online journal., This essay explores the different meanings of the 1960s’ pesticide controversy
as conveyed by the multiple representations of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
(1962). I argue that to understand the impact of Carson’s work on a heterogeneous audience in the early ’60s, we must move beyond an examination
of the book, Silent Spring, to consider its other media manifestations, as a
serialization for The New Yorker and as a television expose for “CBS Reports.” ´
Each conveyed a unique message stylized for the audience of that particular
media. This analysis demonstrates the problems and opportunities for scholars
attempting to gauge the influence of a book on the public understanding of
science. This argument also suggests that to understand the transition of
environmentalism from a grass-roots movement to near universal consensus,
we need to examine carefully the role of media in shaping divergent messages
for different audiences—a phenomenon that assisted in transforming local
environmental issues into a matter of national concern.
