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Greening Communication

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At this time of mounting human-induced ecological crises, the ways people communicate about nature have far reaching reverberations. Communication scholars engaged with ecological issues often assert that “what we say is what we see” (Cantrill & Oravec, 1996, p. 1) and what we see, or perceive, shapes how we behave ecologically. Communication scholars are especially concerned with the ways language, symbols, messages, interaction processes, and more broadly defined forms of discourse inform human perceptions of and practices within the natural world.

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  1. Tema Milstein
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  1. DeVry University, Chicago, USA

    Samuel Day Fassbinder

  2. Hamline University, Minnesota, USA

    Anthony J. Nocella II

  3. Antioch University Los Angeles, USA

    Richard Kahn

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Milstein, T. (2012). Greening Communication. In: Fassbinder, S.D., II, A.J.N., Kahn, R. (eds) Greening the Academy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-101-6_10

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