Framing Sustainability

Discourses of Nature and the Environment across Contexts
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-36775-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication

This book explores how sustainability, climate change, and environmental responsibility are framed across diverse discursive domains—including media, policy, corporate communication, tourism, activism, and social media. Drawing on cutting-edge research in ecolinguistics, discourse analysis, and environmental humanities, the book investigates how language shapes public understanding and action in the face of ecological crisis. The book features nineteen chapters originally presented at the international conference Framing Nature: Discourses of Nature and the Environment, held in Milan in November 2023. All contributions have undergone rigorous peer review and reflect the latest scholarship in environmental discourse studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Catenaccio, Paola

Garzone, Giuliana

Paganoni, Maria Cristina

Nikitina, Jekaterina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Sustainability as a Discursive Construct: Framing as the Condition of Intelligibility.- Chapter 2: Conceptualising Nature: Linguistic and Discursive Perspectives.- Chapter 3: Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.- Chapter 4: Mapping the Path to Sustainability: JOURNEY Metaphor Scenarios in the British Press.- Chapter 5: Framing of Sustainability in IPCC Synthesis Reports 1990-2023. A Modern Diachronic Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study.- Chapter 6: Shaping Climate Change Discourse in Public-Facing Digital Commentaries: Strategies for Dialogic Positioning.- Chapter 7: (Re)framing Urban Gardening. The Case of the EU Transfer Network RU:RBAN.- Chapter 8: Discourses Calling to Action: TIME CO2 Earth Awards 2023 Speeches.- Chapter 9: Framing European Youth Climate Movements on Instagram. A Comparative Case Study of Main Youth Climate Movements in Belgium, France, and Italy.- Chapter 10: #StopWillow: Framing Nature and Climate Change in Anti-Willow Project Discourses on Social Media.- Chapter 11: Wanderers in the Sea of Smog. Framing Nature and Environmental Crisis in Jia Zhangke’s Short Films.- Chapter 12: Corporate Environmental Responsibility – the Sustainability Issues in Letters to Shareholders.- Chapter 13: Communicating Trust and the Environment: A Comparative Case Study of Rail and Car Rental and Sharing Companies.- Chapter 14: What We Mean by Tomorrow: Framing the Future of Climate Change in Corporate Discourse.- Chapter 15: Co-occurring Framing Strategies at the Sentence Level: Examples from Danish and Swedish Environmental Corporate Communication.- Chapter 16: Nature, Animals, and Sustainability in Instagram Posts across Fashion Market Sectors: An Ecolinguistic Perspective.- Chapter 17: Is Instagram Tourism Discourse Sustainable? Evidence from an SFL-Driven Corpus Study.- Chapter 18: Sustainability in South Tyrol’s Tourism Discourse: A Study of Evaluative Language.- Chapter 19: Framing Mushrooms as Friendly Organisms: Challenging British Mycophobia in Mark Williams’ Galloway Wild Foods Blog.- Chapter 20: Framing Nature in the Natural Wines Field in Italy.

Über Autor(innen)

Paola Catenaccio is Full Professor of English Linguistics and Translation at the University of Milan, Italy, with an extensive international publication record in discourse analysis, ecolinguistics, and corporate communication. 

Giuliana Garzone is Honorary Professor at IULM University, Italy, and a leading authority in specialized discourse and institutional communication, with decades of experience in editing influential volumes and directing major research projects.

Maria Cristina Paganoni is Associate Professor at the University of Milan, Italy. She brings expertise in media discourse, digital communication, and environmental narratives, with a strong record of interdisciplinary publications.

Jekaterina Nikitina is Associate Professor at the University of Milan, Italy. She contributes a dynamic research profile in intercultural communication and discourse analysis, with a focus on sustainability and legal discourse.