Cox’s crisis-discipline argument asks environmental communication scholarship to confront the ethical consequences of representations that shape ecological response. It links inquiry with responsibility while leaving advocacy open to scrutiny. Ethical commitment does not establish scientific correctness or remove the need to assess evidence and competing interpretations.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainMedia, Publics & Society
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.