COMM 6210

Advanced Communication and the Environment

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2022-2023 Catalog. Courses of Study 2022-2023 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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. 

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and describe contemporary trends in environmental communication scholarship and literature.
• Students will be able to productively analyze and critique emerging environmental communication research.
• Students will be able to integrate and apply theory from communication and related disciplines to illuminate social processes relevant to environmental outcomes.
• Students will be able to conceptualize and articulate a novel research study in environmental communication.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

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