SOCIOL 4SS3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Galvanization, Consumerism
18 Dec 2019
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Claim that she founded the mod enviro movement is universally accepted: 3 distinct silent springs disseminated to different audiences by acknowledging this will have better understanding of the books function. Silent spring addresses a problem among historical treatments of the origin of the environmental movement: post war consumerism maintaining environmental commodities. Galvanizing event an event needed to move from local to international. Each silent spring transcended the local problems of pesticide use by speaking to several constituencies within america"s diverse populace: each emerged from a unique interaction among media constraints, editorial decisions, producer directives, and author. New yorker held unique position of cultural authority historically constructed. Reordering offered alterations in meaning and impact. Destruction of weeds destroys mother natures home domecscity. She made them more aware of environmentalism know and control nature: was morphed during each step of its publishing history, each medium conveyed a unique silent spring to a different public sphere.
