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The mediated climate : how journalists, big tech, and activists are vying for our future

Russell, Adrienne, author

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\"Few contemporary issues have been as riddled with claims of misinformation and skewed coverage as climate change. Critics contend that journalism has, until very recently, failed to cover the topic with an urgency that can best inform and mobilize the public. Journalists are now devoting more resources to the topic and moving away from the traditional \"balanced\" approach that would give climate denialists a voice. However, coverage of climate change is also shaped and distorted by the current networked-era information crisis. In investigating the impact of online platforms and a variety of corporate and political interests, Adrienne Russell argues that we need to think about the information and climate crises together to understand the conditions under which journalism operates and the power dynamics that shape public discourse on the subject. In The Mediated Climate, Russell tells the history of how the boundaries between journalism, public relations, and advocacy have become blurred around the subject of climate change. She traces the evolution of the tools and practices available to various industries that trade in disinformation and how climate journalists have adapted to meet the challenge presented by widespread misinformation. She also considers how journalism's role in shaping a public has been replaced by the digital public as constructed by data and algorithms. Finally, based on her interviews with journalists and activists, Russell looks at how recent mobilizations fight against misinformation, and proposes measures to protect our information infrastructures\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Subject: Climatic changes Press coverage. / Mass media and the environment. / Misinformation. / Disinformation. / Journalistic ethics.
• ISBN: 9780231201728, 9780231201735

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