COMM 3350U – Environmental Communication

This course explores the communication of the environment by a plurality of social actors: governments, politicians, companies, scientists, news organizations, PR firms, polls, entertainment industries, NGOs, social movements and citizens. Students learn about environmental public relations, journalism, advertising, pop culture, advocacy and public opinion. Media stories about and images of climate change, climate science, resource extraction, energy, ecological risk, crisis, sustainability and adaptation, animals, water, food security and green technologies are explored with regard to normative theories of environmental communication for a socially just and sustainable planet.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3