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Mass Media Coverage Of Environmental Issues: Impact On Disaster Public Policy, John R. Fisher
Mass Media Coverage Of Environmental Issues: Impact On Disaster Public Policy, John R. Fisher
Dr. John R. Fisher
Reporting of environmental security concerns links either directly or indirectly to the development of environmental and disaster policies. These policies have impact on larger security concerns in both developing and developed countries. This chapter will examine mass media coverage of environmental issues and the impact of the coverage on environmental security as well as disaster and security public policy. In addition to giving a theoretical framework of mass media and policy making, the chapter will examine various disaster public policies and their relationship to environmental issues and their application to security practice, as well as to the media coverage of …