Environmental Online Communication [Hardcover]

Arno Scharl (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1852337834 | ISBN-13: 978-1852337834 | Publication Date: March 13, 2004 | Edition: 1st Edition.

The Internet and wireless communication networks are transforming the way society handles the explosive growth & the dwindling half-life of environmentally relevant information. How can we leverage new technologies to advocate sustainability & the protection of natural ecosystems? This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation of this question, combining theoretical foundations of environmental online communication with pioneering conceptual work & case studies of successful information systems. Environmental Online Communication addresses the transition to a knowledge-based economy, sheds light on hidden assumptions & misconceptions about environmental issues, & suggests priorities for research and policy development. This volume analyses communicative strategies and processes from four interrelated perspectives: - Raising Environmental Awareness - Environmental Science - Corporate Sustainability - Networks & Virtual Communities Supplemental material is available at: www.ecoresearch.net/springer

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About the Author

Dr Arno Scharl is Professor of Information Systems at the Business School of the University of Western Australia. He completed his doctoral research on reference modeling of mass information systems at the Vienna University of Economics and Business administration. Additionally, he holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Vienna, Department of Sports Physiology. Between 1998 and 2000, he worked as visiting research fellow at University of California, Berkeley and at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. Drawing on ten years of experience in developing and evaluating Web-based information systems, he is co-founder of the ECOresearch network and the ECOmonitor project. Having authored more than 70 refereed publications, his research and teaching interests focus on Web development, Web mining, content analysis, media monitoring, and the various aspects of environmental online communication.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (March 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852337834
• ISBN-13: 978-1852337834
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,609,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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