Environmental Activism and Global Media Perspective from the Past, Present and Future

This scholarly work discusses the historical, contemporary, and prospective dimensions of environmental activism and its intersection with global media. It provides a comprehensive view of the pivotal role played by the media in shaping awareness concerning environmental challenges and catalyzing actions to address them. Drawing upon the insights of an interdisciplinary cohort of scholars, the book systematically examines the diverse aspects of the nexus between media and environmental activism. Chapter contributions establish the foundational framework for comprehending how media as a whole lend support to activism; delineate the historical trajectory of environmental activism; the construction of narratives within the political, economic, and social domains of society; scrutinize the function of mass media within the context of globalization, digitization, and social media; and elucidate how governance structures influence the environmental activism process.  By introducing readers to the basic narrative in environmental activism, globalization, and media, this book will be an important source of information for researchers, academicians and students engaged in various interdisciplinary studies linked to media, environment and activism.

Environmental Issues and Global Media: Critique, Analysis and Discourses.- Environmental activism: Historical Review, Development and Expansion.- We the People: Role of Democracy in mitigating Global Climate Change and Raising Environmental issues.- Democracy, Global Climate Change and Raising Environmental issues.- Role of Global Media and Social Media in Raising Environmental Issues.- Communication for Climate Change and Development: Efforts for Building Climate Resilient Communities.- Environmental Activism: Local to Global.- Construction of Environmental Activism in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities.- Media and Environmental Activism: Growth Parameters and Agenda Building in Indian Context.- Environmental Activism in India: Past, Present and Future.- Environmental issues and Mass media: A democratic approach to mitigate global climate change with emphasis on North-East India.- Green washing and the media: The case of Israel.- African Eco-Philosophy as a viable Paradigm for Environmental Media Activism in the 21st century.- Climate Activism in Regional Green Cinemas: A Study in the Indian Context.- From Metaphors of the Forest to Obscurity of Hashtags: Reading Richard Flanagan’s The Living Sea of Waking Dreams.- International Governance and Environmental Activism.

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant professor (Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi New Delhi, India). He obtained his master’s degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) in Varanasi. He has published more than 75 papers in international journals in the field of Environmental management. He has also edited more than 45 books with various global publishers.

Bendangwapang Ao is a doctoral Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has received his Masters from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal and has an MPhil in Science Policy from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously he worked as an Assistant Manager in Agriculture and Rural Banking, at Axis Bank. His areas of interest include environmental policy, climate change, environmental refugees, international relations and the politics of climate negotiations.

Dr. Medhavi is an Academician cum researcher who received her PhD in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at a few colleges at Delhi University (Delhi College of Arts & Commerce and Institute of Home Economics) and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. She has also worked as a researcher with Vice Media, Netflix and the Samavesh Chamber of Commerce. She has many publications in the field of Cinema Research in various reputed journals and has a double Masters’s in Economics and Mass Communication. Currently, she is an Editor in the National Book Trust, Government of India.