{"title":"Adrienne Russell","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdrienne Russell explores the intersection of media, activism, and society with a keen analytical eye. Her works delve into how journalism can serve as a powerful tool for social change and how communication shapes public understanding of critical issues like climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful discussions grounded in contemporary media studies, offering thoughtful perspectives on activism and the role of the press in educating and influencing communities. Her books are essential for those interested in the dynamics of information and its impact on education and social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-mediated-climate-by-adrienne-russell-9780231201735","title":"The Mediated Climate","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo what extent does journalism deserve blame for the failure to address climate change over the last thirty years? Critics point out that climate coverage has often lacked necessary urgency and hewed to traditional notions of objectivity and balance that allowed powerful interests—mainly fossil fuel companies—to manufacture doubt. Climate journalism, however, developed alongside the digital media landscape, which is characterised by rampant misinformation, political polarisation, unaccountable tech companies, unchecked corporate power, and vast inequalities. Under these circumstances, journalism struggled, and bad actors flourished, muddling messages while emissions mounted and societies struggled to avert catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mediated Climate\u003c\/em\u003e explores the places where the climate and information crises meet, examining how journalism, activism, corporations, and Big Tech compete to influence the public. Adrienne Russell argues that the inadequate response to climate change is intertwined with the profound challenges facing the communications environment. She demonstrates that the information crisis is driven not only by technological changes but also by concentrated power that predates the rise of digital media companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEfforts to improve climate coverage must take into account the larger social and material contexts in which journalism operates and the broader power dynamics that shape public discourse. Drawing on interviews with journalists and activists, Russell considers the ways recent movements are battling misinformation. She offers timely recommendations to foster engagement with climate issues and calls on readers to join in efforts to reshape the media landscape to better serve the public interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432972894444,"sku":"9780231201735","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231201735.jpg?v=1774765926"},{"product_id":"journalism-as-activism-by-adrienne-russell-9780745671277","title":"Journalism as Activism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mediated digital era, communication is changing rapidly and consuming ever greater shares of real-world power. Corporate battles and guerrilla wars are fought on Twitter. Facebook is the new Berlin, home to tinkers, tailors, spies – and terrorist recruiters. We recognise the power shift instinctively but, in our attempts to understand it, we continue using conceptual and theoretical models that are not changing fast, that are barely changing at all, and that are carried over from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJournalism remains one of the main sites of communication power, an expanded space where citizens, protesters, PR professionals, tech developers, and hackers can directly shape the news. Adrienne Russell reports on media power from one of the most vibrant corners of the journalism field, where journalists and activists from countries around the world cross digital streams and end up updating media practices and strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRussell demonstrates the way the relationship between digital journalism and digital activism has shaped coverage of the online civil liberties movement, the Occupy movement, and the climate change movement. \u003cem\u003eJournalism as Activism\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ways everyday meaning and the material realities of media power are tied to the communication tools and platforms we have access to, the architectures of digital space we navigate, and our ability to master and modify our media environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471044067564,"sku":"9780745671277","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745671277-journalism-as-activism.jpg?v=1775231148"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/adrienne-russell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}