Communicating the Future

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<p>We are facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. How can we communicate and act more effectively to make the political and economic changes required to survive and even thrive within the life-support capacities of our planet?</p><p>This is the question at the heart of W. Lance Bennetts much-anticipated book. Bennett challenges readers to consider how best to approach the environmental crisis by changing how we think about the relationships between environment, economy, and democracy. He introduces a framework that citizens, practitioners, and scholars can use to evaluate common but unproductive communication that blocks thinking about change; develop more effective ways to define and approach problems; and design communication processes to engage diverse publics and organizations in developing understandings, goals, and political strategies. Until advocates develop economic programs with built-in environmental solutions, they will continue to lose policy fights. Putting intersectional communication into action requires acknowledging that communication is not only an exchange of messages, but an organizational process.</p><i>Communicating the Future</i> is important reading for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as general readers concerned about the environmental crisis.<br /><br />

Autorenportrait

<b>W. Lance Bennett</b> is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Communication, and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy at the University of Washington.

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