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Overview"This book focuses on the news coverage of an environmental movement against the construction of Pak Mun Dam - a political and environmental conflict that lasted nearly twelve years in Thailand. This book examines how the environmental movement was perceived and portrayed by four influential Thai daily newspapers - ""Thai Rath"", ""Matichon"", ""The Nation"" and ""Bangkok Post"". Combining the conceptual frameworks of global environmental movements and news construction, this study views the role of local news media based on the dynamic discourse of glocalization. The author proposes that through their routine process of news construction, local news media institutions work as conduits or ""glocal conjunctures"" between the local and the global. Under various intra- and extra-organizational factors and circumstances, local media has the power to link global meanings to local environmental discourse." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Suda IshidaPublisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Edition: illustrated edition ISBN: 9780773454934ISBN 10: 0773454934 Pages: 184 Publication Date: March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Conceptual Formulation: Glocalization, the Environment and News Media; Political and Social Development in Thailand; Global and Local Environmental Movement; Coverage and News Source; The Construction of News Meanings; Summary and Discussion; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.ReviewsDr. Ishida proposes that we see news media as a 'glocal conjuncture.' Glocal conjuncture, as defined by the author, 'signifies the role(s) of local media news institutions in linking global environmental movements with domestic environmental problems.' To put 'glocal conjuncture' to the test, Dr. Ishida examines how four newspapers in Thailand covered the Pak Mun Dam controversy... Dr. Ishida argues throughout the book that the media has the ability to define environmental problems and influence how people make decisions about the world in which they live. - Dr. Christa J. Ward Assistant Professor Grady College University of Georgia In a nutshell, the author brought into the limelight the significance of Thai media and the multi-dimensional role that Thai journalists played in shaping local and global public opinion on an intense environmental conflict in Thailand. - Nauvarat Suksamran Political Editor Bangkok Post As a journalist, Dr. Ishida wrote about the [Pak Mun Dam] project. Now, as a professor of international journalism, she has gone back and looked at the Thai media's coverage of Pak Mun as a 'news construction.' - Ann Danaiya Usher Editor Development Today Author InformationDr. Suda Ishida is Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Theatre Arts and Communication Studies at Hamline University, where she also directs the Certificate in International Journalism Program. She earned her Ph.D. from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. Dr. Ishida's research focuses on mass media in Thailand, globalization and social movements. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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