Citizen Voices – Performing Public Participation in Science and Environment Communication (European Communication Research and Education Association) - Softcover

Phillips, Louise; Carvalho, Anabela; Doyle, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841506214 ISBN 13: 9781841506210

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2013

Synopsis

How is "participation" ascribed meaning and practised in science and environment communication? And how are citizen voices articulated, invoked, heard, marginalised or silenced in those processes? Citizen Voices takes its starting point in the so-called dialogic or participatory turn in scientific and environmental governance in which practices claiming to be based on principles of participation, dialogue and citizen involvement have proliferated. The book goes beyond the buzzword of "participation" in order to give empirically rich, theoretically informed and critical accounts of how citizen participation is understood and enacted in mass mediation and public engagement practices. A diverse series of studies across Europe and the US are presented, providing readers with empirical insights into the articulation of citizen voices in different national, cultural and institutional contexts. Building bridges across media and communication studies, science and technology studies, environmental studies and urban planning studies, Citizen Voices also offers a range of different theories and research methodologies which foreground the role of communication processes in scientific and environmental governance.

About this title

About the Author

Louise Phillips is associate professor in the Department of Communication, Business, and Information Technologies at the University of Roskilde.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1841506214
• ISBN 13: 9781841506210
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192