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Publication details [#36340]

Hansen, Anders. 1991. The media and the social construction of the environment. Media, Culture & Society 13 (4) : 443–458.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

constructivistic semantics | context | culture | environment1 | mass media

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0163-4437

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper argues that one has to examine media coverage of environmental issues from a constructivist framework, that takes into account the broader cultural context and rejects a linear idea of problem development.