Rhetorical citizenship and the environment

In this paper, I discuss rhetorical studies’ contribution to the study of environmental communication. With concept citizenship, emphasize scholarship's concern with citizens’ participation in democracy – both as recipients and actors debates. Specifically, approach invites analyses evaluations public rhetoric elite actors, considering how it facilitates critical engagement reflection matters affecting environment. Additionally, encourages examinations democratic participation, attending citizens perform, challenge negotiate their membership community also through non-deliberative practices.