The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies

"This Handbook undertakes a crucial reboot of media studies in light of the global climate crisis, reckoning with an array of urgent planetary matters. Assembling the most lucid thinkers in ecomedia studies, the book confronts the entanglement of media and ecology and unfurls vital forms of research and action."

Lisa Parks, Distinguished Professor of Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara

"Media Studies should always have been Ecomedia Studies, but it wasn't. A generation of pioneer scholars worked to change that, and most of them have written chapters for this absolutely essential collection. This book will from now on be a key reference-point."

Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science

"This collection is extremely useful in both being aware of the earlier waves of eco-criticism while stating out clearly and in depth that the only way forward for media studies is with ecology at its core - not just as one 'theme' but as the very essence of how politics and planetary futures unfold. The Handbook will become essential reading."

Jussi Parikka, Aarhus University, author of Insect Media and A Geology of Media

"The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies is a timely constellation of essays that whirls into the elements, borderlands, digital worlds, energetics, and spheres of affect-addressing how media not only represent the environment but are fundamentally of the environment. This book will be a valuable reference for years to come."

Melody Jue, Associate Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara, author of Wild Blue Media