Notes on Contributors
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ix
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Foreword
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xiii
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1.
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Introduction
Heike Graf
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3
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Resonance in News Media
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6
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About this Volume
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9
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References
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19
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2.
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The Environment in Disguise: Insurgency and Digital Media in the Southern Cone
Virginia Melián
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23
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Background
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26
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Digital Media and Protest
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28
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The Study
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30
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Camouflaged Arguments
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32
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User-Generated Content and Mainstream Media
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34
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Networking beyond the Digital
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36
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Mobile Personal Engagement
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39
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Opportunities for Public Debate
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42
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Civic Engagement and Media Practice
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44
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Conclusion
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48
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References
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51
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Exploitation or Preservation? Your Choice! Digital Modes of Expressing Perceptions of Nature and the Land
Coppélie Cocq
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55
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Mining Boom, Land Rights, and Perceptions of the Environment
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57
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YouTube: A Channel for Environmental Activism
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58
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Contesting Narratives
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65
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Media Logic
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67
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Polarisation or Zone of Contact
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71
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Conclusions
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73
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References
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74
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4.
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Natural Ecology Meets Media Ecology: Indigenous Climate Change Activists’ Views on Nature and Media
Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg
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77
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Introduction
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77
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Defining Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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81
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Defining Media Ecology
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83
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Method and Material
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85
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Analysis
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88
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Conclusions
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99
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References
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103
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The Culture of Nature: The Environmental Communication of Gardening Bloggers
Heike Graf
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107
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Garden Blogs
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108
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Environmental Communication from a Systems-Theoretical Perspective
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110
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Difference-Theoretical Approach
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110
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The Role of Topics
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114
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Ecology and Gardening in the Mainstream Media
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115
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The Topics of Gardening Blogs
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118
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Consumption: Developing/Refusing a ‘Buyosphere’
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119
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Production: Developing Green Gardening
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126
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Conclusions
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132
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References
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135
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The Militant Media of Neo-Nazi Environmentalism
Madeleine Hurd and Steffen Werther
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139
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NPD Media: Party Websites
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142
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Emotions
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143
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The NPD and the Environment
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147
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The Neo-Nazi World of Umwelt & Aktiv
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151
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Nature-Oriented Action: A Cure for National Ills
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156
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Women, Youth, and Germanic Nature: From Umwelt to Aktion
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158
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References
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167
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Index
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173
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