International Council for Media Literacy

Bridging Academia to Action

International Council for Media Literacy
Bridging Academia to Action

Author Profile: Carolyn Fortuna

  • Carolyn Fortuna
    Instructor, Educational and Gender Studies Departments
    Rhode Island College
    Carolyn Fortuna, PhD is an instructor in the Educational and Gender Studies Departments at Rhode Island College, where she embeds critical media literacy instruction into her courses. She was the program chair for the 2018 and 2019 Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conferences, is a past recipient of the ILA Grand Prize for Reading and Technology, and is a contributor to the environmental blog, CleanTechnica.

Coal’s Last Gasp, Its Resuscitation by the Media and the Habitus of NIMBY

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Abstract: The shift away from coal to renewable energy for electricity generation is producing environmental benefits during the climate crisis but also poses uncertainty for coal producers and others along the coal supply chain. Media representations of the coal debate shape how citizens understand and respond to it. This commentary exposes how audiences – even of … [Read more...] about Coal’s Last Gasp, Its Resuscitation by the Media and the Habitus of NIMBY

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