Humans, sharks and the shared environment in the contemporary eco-doc

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ID8072949
AuthorsHelen Hughes (0000-0002-2991-9200, University of Surrey, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume17
Issue6
Pages735-749
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Education Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504622.2011.620702
OpenAlexW1968450433
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited10

Focussing on the film Sharkwater directed by Rob Stewart (2006), this article discusses formal interpretive aspects of recent environmental documentaries which are intended to raise awareness about environmental issues. It is argued that contemporary environmental documentaries seek to persuade audiences to protect the shared physical environment by increasing the amount of information and imagery available to a shared cognitive environment. An integral part of this process is the conscious awareness of attitudes towards information presented. In the case of recent environmental films about threatened species it is argued that the inclusion of the human and the wild animal in the frame is a technique used to raise awareness of the complex questions concerning human attitudes towards other animals as well as towards other human beings. It is argued in particular that activist films are concerned to make visible the necessity for human cooperation in the protection of endangered species

Endangered species · Environmental communication · Environmental education · Environmental ethics · Frame (networking · Inclusion (mineral · Pedagogy · Process (computing · Social science · Sociology · Threatened species · Animal and Plant Science Education · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Ecology

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