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    Communication and Environment: Sustainability and Risks

    By Abd Hamid Hamidah, Azman Azwan Azmawati, Jamilah Hj. Ahmad and Nik Norma Nik Hasan

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    About this ebook

    There is a dearth of literature on environmental communication within the

    non-western world. The few existing ones are scattered and not easily available.

    Thus, there is a dire need to document research and literature in the field. The

    opportunity arose at the 2009 International Conference on Communication

    and Environment held in Penang, Malaysia. The international conference with

    the theme "Transformation for a Sustainable Tomorrow", organised by the

    School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), attracted scholars,

    practitioners and activists from around the world to listen and deliberate on

    various aspects of communication and environment. The post-conference review

    resulted in the selection of 24 papers to be compiled into this edited volume.

    The escalating degradation of environment locally and globally was the main

    concern that prompted discussions on how sustainability can be advocated.

    The development process in many countries, economic activities and political

    decisions on issues such as deforestation for timber logging, rapid urbanisation,

    pertinently points out that environmental degradation and any communication

    on environmental change has to be grounded and located within the wider

    context of social, politics and economics of the society. Communication and

    environmental communication for that matter have also to be understood within

    these wider contexts.

    Many would agree that a constant and consistent flow of information

    communicated through different channels to different stakeholders at the

    right time and destinations can help raise awareness and consciousness of

    environmental problems, protection and preservation. This vital information can

    enable the public and stakeholders to make informed choices, and take actions

    whenever possible. A lack of communication and information will inordinately

    exacerbate the situation of environmental degradation. This book thus highlights

    how the environment is being treated in the media, communicated to the society

    and impacted nations.

    The chapters are grouped into the following sections: Theoretical and conceptual

    issues; Media content and the environment; Politics, communication and the

    environment; Corporate social and environmental responsibility; and Citizen

    participation, human rights and the environment. The editors acknowledge the excellent contributions of all the authors and

    are indebted to the members of the review panel, the external reviewer, USM

    Publications Committee and staff of Universiti Sains Malaysia Press for their

    help in ensuring the quality of this volume. Most importantly, we express our

    gratitude to USM for providing the financial support for the international

    conference and making it possible to publish this book.

    The Editors

    January 2012

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenerbit USM
    Release dateNov 25, 2014
    ISBN9789838617468
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