Jia Dai is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. Her research interests include environmental and risk communication, new media and social transformation. Fanxu Zeng is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. His research areas are political communication, media and civil society, and environmental communication.

• Introduction: Why Study Environmental Risk Communication in China? Part I: The Public. 1. The public perception of risks. 2. Environmental Activism and Political Opportunities. 3. Rumors in Urban Environmental Contention. Part II: The Media. 4. The Media Framing of Environmental Risks. 5. The Overlap of Official and Public Discourses 6. The Discourse Transition from Democratic Pragmatism to Administrative Rationalism. Part III: The Experts. 7. Experts’ Roles in Risk Communication. 8. Competition Among Risk Communities and Risk Stories. Part IV: The NGOs. 9. NGOs’ Publicity Strategies and Media Logic. 10. Frame Alignment and Environmental Advocacy Part V: The Government. 11. Lack of Trust and Risk Communication Failure 12. Cooptation of Urban Protests in Through the Media. 13. The Central-local Differences in Environmental Advocacy. Conclusion: Rethinking Environmental Risk Communication and Governance in China.

Jia Dai is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. Her research interests include environmental and risk communication, new media and social transformation. Fanxu Zeng is an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, China. His research areas are political communication, media and civil society, and environmental communication.

• Introduction: Why Study Environmental Risk Communication in China? Part I: The Public. 1. The public perception of risks. 2. Environmental Activism and Political Opportunities. 3. Rumors in Urban Environmental Contention. Part II: The Media. 4. The Media Framing of Environmental Risks. 5. The Overlap of Official and Public Discourses 6. The Discourse Transition from Democratic Pragmatism to Administrative Rationalism. Part III: The Experts. 7. Experts’ Roles in Risk Communication. 8. Competition Among Risk Communities and Risk Stories. Part IV: The NGOs. 9. NGOs’ Publicity Strategies and Media Logic. 10. Frame Alignment and Environmental Advocacy Part V: The Government. 11. Lack of Trust and Risk Communication Failure 12. Cooptation of Urban Protests in Through the Media. 13. The Central-local Differences in Environmental Advocacy. Conclusion: Rethinking Environmental Risk Communication and Governance in China.