Einar Thorsen

Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Media and Climate Change at Annual MeCCSA Conference 2011 #meccsa2011

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The MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network is hosting a panel at the 2011 Annual MeCCSA Conference, 12-14th January at Salford.

Our panel Media and Climate Change is scheduled for Friday 14th January at 13:30 – 15:00 in Studio 3, with the following lineup:

Chair: Muhammad Shabir Khan

  • Mass media role for climate change communication and global environmental sustainability
    Ronju Ahammed, Sustainable Environment & Climate Change Programme, Bangladesh
  • Mediated Climate Change: Scepticism on the Web and on Television Around Copenhagen
    Neil Gavin, University of Liverpool and Tom Marshall, University of Aberystwyth
  • Towards a (Re)Materialisation of the Spectacular (Celebrity) Objects of Climate Change
    Mike Goodman, King‘s College, London
  • Cosmopolitanism and Justice in British Newspaper Coverage of COP15 Copenhagen 2009 and COP16 Cancun 2010
    Unn Laksa, University of Liverpool

There is also another panel that might be of interest, on Wednesday 12th January at 15:45 – 17:15 in Studio 3, entitled Mediating animals: exploring commodification and affect. [Read more…]

Call for Papers – extended deadline:
Mediating Environmental Change: Exploring The Way Forward

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Friday 4 March, 2011

Symposium organised by the

Centre for Journalism and Communication Research at
The Media School, Bournemouth University

In collaboration with the

MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network

Call for Papers

The Mediating Environmental Change symposium will facilitate a debate on emerging and established forms and practices of environmental reporting – including climate change, conservation and sustainability. We aim to provide a lively discussion forum evolving around pertinent issues arising from a series of panels and keynote speakers.

You are invited to express interest in contributing your reflections or findings from relevant research as outlined below. [Read more…]

Green Week at BU, 18 – 22 October

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BU Green WeekOne of the great things about working at Bournemouth University is that it takes the challenges posed by climate change seriously. The student portal contains its own dedicated Environment section to help you lead a more sustainable life while here at BU.

With 17,000 students and 1,500 staff living, working and learning at Bournemouth University we naturally have a significant effect on both our local environment and our whole world, whether from our car exhausts, the energy we use or the things we throw away. Therefore we have a responsibility to reduce our environmental impacts as much as possible.

To reinforce this message, the University is putting events to raise awareness of environmental issues, including a Green Week 18-22 October:

A weeks worth of events, talks and activities covering all aspects of green student life from making your own bag for life, ethical travelling and volunteering advice, Give and Take swap shops to getting your bike fixed up by the bike doctor.

More details can be found on the green week programme leaflet (pdf, 254kb).

Oil spill ‘will shape how US thinks about environment’

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Barack Obama:

In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come

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What we can predict is that the availability of fossil fuel is going to be diminishing; that it's going to get more expensive to recover; that there are going to be environmental costs that our children… our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren are going to have to bear.

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