Political Science Political Advocacy
McLuhan’s Children
The Greenpeace Message and the Media
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1996
- Category
- Political Advocacy, Media Studies, Environmental Policy
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896357041
- Publish Date
- Sep 1996
- List Price
- $22.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926662176
- Publish Date
- Sep 1996
- List Price
- $15.99
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Description
McLuhan’s Children is an inside look at Greenpeace’s rise to global prominence through its savvy use of mass media imagery. From the flamboyant, guerilla-theatre approach to the emergence of environmentalism as a dominant international issue.
About the author
Stephen Dale is the author of four previous non-fiction books exploring issues ranging from the rise of the media-based environmental politics of Greenpeace; the impacts of suburban culture on politics in Canada and the United States; and the role of youth-focused propaganda in creating support for the bloodbath that was the First World War. He’s been a freelance contributor to leading Canadian and international publications, was Canadian correspondent for InterPress Service news agency, and has created numerous radio documentaries for the CBC. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.