Talking Green

Lee Ahern is Assistant Professor in the Advertising & Public Relations Department in the College of Communications at Penn State University and Senior Research Fellow for the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication. His research focuses on the description, analysis, and ethics of strategic messages, primarily in the context of environmental and health communications. Dr. Ahern is also Vice Head of the International Environmental Communications Association. Denise Sevick Bortree is Assistant Professor in the Advertising & Public Relations Department in the College of Communications at Penn State University and Senior Research Fellow for the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication. Her scholarship focuses on ethical strategies that organizations use to cultivate long-term, stable relationships with key audiences. Dr. Bortree’s award-winning research has appeared in many peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Public Relations Research, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing.

Contents: Lee Ahern/Denise Sevick Bortree: Preface - Talking Green: Exploring Contemporary Issues in Environmental Communications – Tom Crompton: Weathercocks and Signposts: The Environment Movement at a Crossroads – Matthew C. Nisbet/Ezra M. Markowitz/John E. Kotcher: Winning the Conversation: Framing and Moral Messaging in Environmental Campaigns – Charles T. Salmon/Laleah Fernandez: Biofuels and the Law of Unintended Consequences – Brant Short: Greenwashing to Green Advocacy: The Environmental Imperative in Organizational Rhetoric – Michael J. Palenchar/Bernardo H. Motta: Environmental Risk Communication: Right to Know as a Core Value for Behavioral Change – Janas Sinclair/Barbara Miller: Public Response Before and After a Crisis: Appeals to Values and Outcomes for Environmental Attitudes – Harsha Gangadharbatla/Kim B. Sheehan: Individual Factors and Green Message Reception: Framing, Lifestyles and Environmental Choices – Denise Sevick Bortree: Pro-Environmental Behaviors Through Social Media: An Analysis of Twitter Communication Strategies – Lee Ahern: Evaluating the Ethicality of Green Advertising: Toward an Extended Analytical Framework – Tom Crompton: Afterword - Finding Common Cause.