COMM 3210 - Communication and the Environment

(SBA-AG) (CU-SBY)

Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Offered in even-numbered years only.

D. Eiseman.

Students investigate how values, attitudes, social structure, and communication affect public perceptions of environmental risk and public opinion about the environment. A primary focus is mass media’s impact on public perceptions of the environment, how the media portray the environment, and discussion of the implications of public consumption of environmental content.

Outcome 1: Students will gain historical and contemporary knowledge of the US conservation and later the environmental movement and understand the different ways that communication shaped and continues to influence our orientations toward the environment.

Outcome 2: Students will be better able to recognize, analyze, and critique the variety of environmental messages that they encounter.