Extreme weather and the media : communicating disasters and climate change /
"This timely book examines how media reporting of extreme weather events informs and influences the public perception of climate change. Phil McManus argues that media reporting has changed over time, varies between places, is influenced by political stance and must improve if we are to avoid t...
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Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA :
Edward Elgar Publishing,
[2026]
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| Series: | International Geographical Union series on contemporary geographies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Extreme Weather and the Media
- Wrapped in a blanket of gases: the science of climate change, how we come to know it and how we use it
- Living with climate - the stories we tell
- Media reporting of extreme weather events and anthropogenic climate change
- Heatwave: the deadliest extreme weather event
- Wildfire: burning down the house!
- Water, water, everywhere: extreme rainfall events and floods
- Same as it ever was? Avoiding weather horror
- Conclusion to Extreme Weather and the Media.