As more governments, companies and individuals scan the globe for access to primary resources such as minerals and timber, food, power and water, and destinations for work, holidays and homes, pressures on places and communities grow. At the same time, global environmental risks – most notably, climate change – produce new networks and unfamiliar forms of politics. Communication media are integral to this change. This book explores how geographically diverse groups and individuals interact in and through media to influence the negotiations and decisions affecting often distant landscapes and communities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Australia-Asia region, the book includes case studies on the environmental protests that follow the international flow of people, and resources, including timber, fish, coal, water and tourism. It asks how ‘communities of concern’ are evoked, which transcend local places and national boundaries.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Series
Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication
Pagination
177
ISBN
978-3-030-27722-2
Department/School
College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham, Switzerland
Rights statement
Copyright 2019 The Author, under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
The media; Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes