Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.
Contents
Specialized media : Forest and stream magazine and the redefinition of hunting -- Mainstream media : the radium girls -- The media and social change : I. Mother of the forest ; II. The great Alaskan land fraud -- Media and competing power groups : a big dam controversy -- Conflict management and scientific understanding : the 1920s ethyl leaded gasoline controversy -- The importance of dramatic events : the Donora killer smog and smoke abatement campaigns.