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Political Science Political Advocacy

McLuhan’s Children

The Greenpeace Message and the Media

by (author) Stephen Dale

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Sep 1996
Category
Political Advocacy, Media Studies, Environmental Policy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896357041
    Publish Date
    Sep 1996
    List Price
    $22.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662176
    Publish Date
    Sep 1996
    List Price
    $15.95

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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.

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