ANTONIO LÓPEZ

Bridging ecojustice and media education

List of Publications

Books

López, A. (2021). Ecomedia literacy: Integrating ecology into media education. Routledge.

López, A. (2014). Greening media education: Bridging media literacy with green cultural citizenship. Peter Lang.

López, A. (2012). The Media ecosystem: What ecology can teach us about responsible media practice. North Atlantic Books.

López, A. (2008). Mediacology: A multicultural approach to media literacy in the 21st century. Peter Lang.

Edited Works

López, A., Ivakhiv, A., Rust, S., Tola, M., Chang, A. Y., & Chu, K. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge handbook of ecomedia studies. Routledge.

López, A., Share, J., & Redmond, T. The Journal of Sustainability Education (JSE) and Journal of Media Literacy (JML)

Book Chapters

López, A. (In press). Forward: The ecomediasphere. In N. Rae (Ed.), Illustrating Stories: Comics and Graphic Novels Use in Art Therapy. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

López, A. (2024). Ecomedia literacy: Bringing ecomedia studies into the classroom. In A. López, A. Ivakhiv, S. Rust, M. Tola, A. Y. Chang, & K. Chu (Eds.), Routledge handbook of ecomedia studies (pp. 99–107). Routledge.

López, A., & Ivakhiv, A. (2024). When do media become ecomedia? In A. López, A. Ivakhiv, S. Rust, M. Tola, A. Y. Chang, & K. Chu (Eds.), Routledge handbook of ecomedia studies (pp. 19–34). Routledge.

López, A., Ivakhiv, A., Rust, S., Tola, M., Chang, A. Y., & Chu, K. (2024). Introduction. In A. López, A. Ivakhiv, S. Rust, M. Tola, A. Y. Chang, & K. Chu (Eds.), Routledge handbook of ecomedia studies (pp. 1–16). Routledge.

López, A. (2023). Ecomedia video essays. In J. Share (Ed.), For the love of nature: Ecowriting the world. Peter Lang.

López, A. (2023). Decolonising knowledge systems in media education with ecomedia Literacy. In S. Gennaro, N. Higdon, & M. Hoechsmann (Eds.), Transformative practice in critical media literacy: Radical democracy and decolonized pedagogy in higher education. Routledge.

López, A. (2023). Climate writing across media: Scribing new stories to live by. In B. E. Smith & R. Beach (Eds.), “Hear our voices”: Youth creating media on the climate crisis in the classroom. Routledge.

López, A. (2023). Weak, resilient, or collapsing news ecosystems? Three scenarios for the future of environmental news. In R. Anderson, N. Higdon, & S. Macek (Eds.), Censorship and the global crackdown. Peter Lang Publishing.

López, A. (2022). Ecomedia literacy: Decolonizing media and the climate emergency. In B. S. De Abreu (Ed.), Media literacy, equity, and justice. Routledge.

López, A. (2022). Gaslighting: Fake climate news and Big Carbon’s network of denial. In J. McDougall & K. Fowler-Watt (Eds.), Palgrave handbook of media misinformation. Palgrave MacMillan.

Choi, G. Y., Schofield Clark, L., Frau-Meigs, D., Glotov, S., Jimenez Jr., C., López, A., & Xu, J. (2022). Intercultural dialog: Civic media and participatory culture. In Y. Friesem, U. Raman, I. Kanižaj, & G. Y. Choi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook on media education futures post-pandemic. Routledge.

López, A., Share, J., & Redmond, T. (2022). Ecomedia literacy: Ecojustice and media education in a post-pandemic world. In Y. Friesem, U. Raman, I. Kanižaj, & G. Y. Choi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook on media education futures post-pandemic. Routledge.

López, A. (2022). Ecomedia literacy: Ethics, ecojustice, and the climate emergency. In B. S. De Abreu (Ed.), Media literacy for justice: Lessons for changing the world. ALA Neal-Schuman.

López, A. (2021). How Avatar disturbs global media ecosystems. In B. Vacker (Ed.), Media environments (4th Edition). Cognella.

López, A. (2021). Blade Runner 2049: Cli-fi and future Earth scenarios. In B. Vacker (Ed.), Media environments (4th Edition). Cognella.

López, A., Piotto, L., & Macias-Gutiérrez, E. (2020). Integrating information literacy in a communication writing course. In M. Stöpel, L. Piotto, X. Goodman, & S. Godbey (Eds.), Faculty-librarian collaborations: Integrating the information literacy framework into disciplinary courses. Association of College and Research Libraries.

López, A. (2021). Expanding ethics to the environment with ecomedia literacy. In D. Frau-Meigs, S. Kotilainen, M. Pathak-Shelat, M. Hoechsmann, & S. R. Poyntz (Eds.), The handbook of media education research. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119166900

López, A. (2017). Back to the drawing board: Making comics, making media literacy. In B. S. De Abreu, P. Mihailidis, A. Y. L. Lee, J. Melki, & J. McDougall (Eds.), International handbook of media literacy education. Routledge.

López, A. (2017b). Developing visual Literacy skills for environmental communication. In T. Milstein, M. Pileggi, & E. Morgan (Eds.), Environmental communication and pedagogy. Routledge.

López, A. (2017). Using infographics to put environmental communication into practice. In T. Milstein, M. Pileggi, & E. Morgan (Eds.), Environmental communication and pedagogy. Routledge.

López, A., & Sarram, P. (2017). Cinema America occupato: The ambiguous politics of cinema, public life and austerity in Rome. In J. McDougall & P. Bennett (Eds.), Popular culture and the austerity myth: Hard times today. Routledge.

López, A. (2016). Mapping North American media literacy practices. In I. V. Malhan, T. Kaur, & N. Kaur (Eds.), Transformation of LIS education, libraries and information services for knowledge society. Ess Ess Publications.

López, A. (2015). Ecomedia literacy for environmental sustainability. In J. Singh, A. Grizzle, S. J. Yee, & S. H. Culver (Eds.), Media and information literacy for the sustainable development goals. Nordicom.

López, A. (2015). Putting the eco into media ecosystems: Bridging media practice with green cultural citizenship. In R. Maxwell, N. Lager Vestberg, & J. Raundalen (Eds.), Media and the ecological crisis. Routledge.

López, A. (2011). Practicing sustainable youth media. In J. Fisherkeller (Ed.), International Perspectives on Youth Media: Cultures of Production and Education. Peter Lang.

López, A. (2011). Poverty (un)consciousness. In D. Pinchbeck & K. Jordan (Eds.), What comes after money? Essays from Reality Sandwich on transforming currency & community. Evolver Editions.

López, A. (2009). Reality 2.0. In D. Pinchbeck & K. Jordan (Eds.), Toward 2012: Perspectives on the next age. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin.

López, A. (2008). Circling the cross: Bridging Native America, education, and digital media. In A. Everett (Ed.), Learning race and ethnicity: Youth and digital media. The MIT Press.

López, A. (2007). The aesthetic pleasures of war: Understanding propaganda in an age of television. In D. P. Macedo & S. R. Steinberg (Eds.), Media literacy: A reader. Peter Lang.

López, A. (2007). School of (Punk) Rock: An autobiographical rant on education. In D. P. Macedo & S. R. Steinberg (Eds.), Media literacy: A reader. Peter Lang.

Encyclopedia Entries

López, A. (2019a). Communication. In R. Hobbs & P. Mihailidis (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy. Wiley-Blackwell.

López, A. (2019b). Ecomedia literacy. In R. Hobbs & P. Mihailidis (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy. Wiley-Blackwell.

Journal Articles

López, A. (2023). Seeing microplastic clouds: Using ecomedia literacy for digital technology in environmental education. Journal of Environmental Education, 54(2).

López, A., & Frenkel, O. (2022). Algorithms and Climate: An Ecomedia Literacy Perspective. The Journal of Media Literacy.

López, A. (2021). Ecomedia literacy: Decolonizing media and the climate emergency. Peace Chronicle, Spring.

López, A. (2020). Ecomedia literacy: Educating with ecomedia objects and the ecomediasphere. Digital Culture & Education, 12(2).

López, A. (2020). Ecomedia: The metaphor that makes a difference. Journal of Sustainability Education.

López, A. (2020). Bella Gaia and the pedagogical power of the overview effect: An Interview with Kenji Williams. Journal of Sustainability Education.

López, A., & Share, J. (2020). Fake climate news: How denying climate change is the ultimate in fake news. Journal of Sustainability Education.

López, A. (2016). Deconstructing Chipotle: Media as environmental education. Teaching Media Quarterly, 4(3).

López, A. (2014). Greening the mediapolis with media literacy. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 5(1).

López, A. (2013). Greening a digital media course: A field report. Journal for Sustainability Education, Winter.

López, A. (2010). Defusing the Cannon/Canon: An organic media approach to environmental communication. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 4(1), 99–108.

López, A. (2008). Media permaculture. Journal of Media Ecology, 7(4).

López, A. (2007). Borat in the age of postironic deconstruction. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 11(1).

López, A. (2002). Xeroxing culture, erasing history: The problem with ‘Hispanic’ identity and art in Northern New Mexico. Puerto Del Sol, Summer.

Reviews

López, A. (2022). Film review: Colonialism’s ghosts haunt the near future: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau. Gothic Nature Journal, Issue III.

López, A. (2021). Book review: A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None. Kathryn Yusoff. Media+Environment. https://doi.org/10.1525/001c.27370

López, A. (2020). Book review: How Green is Your Smartphone? By Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller. Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

López, A. (2018). Book review: Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference, by Richard Beach, Jeff Share and Allen Webb. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10(3).

López, A. (2017). Book review: Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy Through Personal Narrative, Edited by Rene Hobbs. Media Education Research Journal, 7(2).

López, A. (2016). Book review: Making Media Studies: The Creativity Turn in Media and Communications Studies, by David Gauntlett. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 8(2).

López, A. (2015). Book review: Greening Africana Studies, by Rubin Patterson. Teacher College of Record.

López, A. (2015). Book review: (Re)Thinking Orientalism: Using Graphic Narratives to Teach Critical Literacy, by Rachel Bailey Jones. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 7(1).

López, A. (2011). Book review: Latina Teens, Migration, and Popular Culture, by Lucila Vargas. Journal of Latinos and Education, 10(2).

Other Publications

López, A. (2022, October). Ecomedia literacy. Korea Press Foundation: Media Literacy.

López, A. (2022). Just Look Up! The Sixth IPCC Report, polar temperature spikes, and the slap seen around the world (Part 2). International Council for Media Literacy.

López, A. (2022). Don’t Look Up! Getting the climate conversation started in media literacy (Part 1). International Council for Media Literacy.

López, A. (2011). Manifesto for greening media literacy. A Manifesto for Media Education.