Environmental communication research
Keywords:
Environmental communication, context of environmental crises, displacements & migration, human rights, climate justice, social change, sustainability, public education, action-centric paradigmAbstract
Climate change and its anticipated dangers have become imminent and face us repeatedly while the philosophy of infinite economic growth and technological triumphalism is promoting a complicit approach towards environmental issues. In the light of this environmental communication (EC), research needs to promote a broader message which would include larger public awareness and engagement. But the EC research is found to be mere academic and media-centric. Given the urgency and complexity of environmental issues, this article presents an overview of the need for a praxis of EC research that is broader and action-centric from social, political and economic perspectives, safeguarding human rights and climate justice and promoting local community actions and comprehensive sustainable living.
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