Green Mail: The Social Construction of Environmental Issues through Letters to the Editor.

Investigates the social construction of environmental issues through the publication of letters to the editor concerning the proposed logging in the Carmanah Valley of British Columbia. Issues concerning the publication of the 'green mail' or letters on environmental issues; Role of the mass media in directing popular discussion about environmental events and issues; Factors used in news reporting to contextualize environmental issues; Limitations of the newspaper as a medium appropriate to environmental coverage.