Dear all,<div><br></div><div>During today's Thompson Lecture, Andy Dessler mentioned some of the ways that the media interact with the infrastructure of doubt manufactured by climate skeptics. His presentation brought the following seminar announcement to my mind, which I thought others might find interesting. Note that this CSTPR seminar will be web cast.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Enjoy,</div><div>Vanessa</div><div><br clear="all"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">--</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" clear="all">
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Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:25 AM<br>Subject: Next CSTPR Noontime Seminar - Mass Media in the Policy Process - Drafting a Comprehensive Approach to Policy Influence<br>To: <a href="mailto:vanessa@ucar.edu">vanessa@ucar.edu</a><br>
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MASS MEDIA IN THE POLICY PROCESS: DRAFTING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO POLICY INFLUENCE</font><br>
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<p>Bio: Assistant Professor Deserai Anderson Crow is on the Environmental Studies faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is Associate Director of the Center for Environmental Journalism and affiliated with the Center for Science & Technology Policy Research. She joined the faculty of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2008 and moved to the Environmental Studies Program in 2012. Crow earned her PhD from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver’s School of Public Affairs. Her research interests include environmental policy and the role that mass media and other factors play in policy decisions. She is particularly interested in environmental issues in the western United States. Her current research includes studies on environmental reporting trends, communication in environmental policymaking, and stakeholder use of environmental messaging strategies. Her previous research focuses on the adoption of non-consumptive recreational water rights by Colorado communities and the factors that influenced policy change within these communities, including mass media, policy entrepreneurs, stakeholder group involvement, and citizen engagement. </p>
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