This Research Topic addresses the fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.” Progress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators.
The Research Topic will address the fourteenth sustainable development goal from a communication specific perspective. The media are a key player in the formation of citizen risk perception and awareness of the state of things, and they are therefore an important instrument to ensure the conservation of water environments.
As highlighted in the UN’s most recent SDG progress report, the oceans, seas and marine resources are under constant threat from pollution, warming and acidification, which are disrupting marine ecosystems and the communities they support.
Coastal eutrophication continues to be a challenge, and, despite considerable progress, protection of key marine biodiversity areas still needs to increase in many areas of the world. 2020 has seen a great impact of the limitation of illegal and unregulated fishing but the impact of the pandemic on fisheries poses great threats to sustainable stock management and profitability.
Researchers are invited to focus on and interrogate:
• how media—including newspapers, internet, digital, photography, radio, television, and video – portray life under water, sustainable fishing practices, water scarcity, pollution, and related topics
• how relationships between humans and marine more-than-humans are conceptualized when it comes to sustainable development
• how institutions use media to manage public perceptions
• how publics (global south and north) perceive environmental impacts on oceans and sea life
• how media contribute to conceptualization and conservation of life underwater
• differences in geographical representation between Global North and Global South
• alternative meanings of the UN goal of sustainable development for marine ecosystems
• alternative meanings of use value claims related to marine ecosystems.
This Research Topic addresses the fourteenth Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.” Progress toward this goal is measured by a number of individual targets and indicators.
The Research Topic will address the fourteenth sustainable development goal from a communication specific perspective. The media are a key player in the formation of citizen risk perception and awareness of the state of things, and they are therefore an important instrument to ensure the conservation of water environments.
As highlighted in the UN’s most recent SDG progress report, the oceans, seas and marine resources are under constant threat from pollution, warming and acidification, which are disrupting marine ecosystems and the communities they support.
Coastal eutrophication continues to be a challenge, and, despite considerable progress, protection of key marine biodiversity areas still needs to increase in many areas of the world. 2020 has seen a great impact of the limitation of illegal and unregulated fishing but the impact of the pandemic on fisheries poses great threats to sustainable stock management and profitability.
Researchers are invited to focus on and interrogate:
• how media—including newspapers, internet, digital, photography, radio, television, and video – portray life under water, sustainable fishing practices, water scarcity, pollution, and related topics
• how relationships between humans and marine more-than-humans are conceptualized when it comes to sustainable development
• how institutions use media to manage public perceptions
• how publics (global south and north) perceive environmental impacts on oceans and sea life
• how media contribute to conceptualization and conservation of life underwater
• differences in geographical representation between Global North and Global South
• alternative meanings of the UN goal of sustainable development for marine ecosystems
• alternative meanings of use value claims related to marine ecosystems.