COMM 3210
Communication and the Environment
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.
Topics
- Students will examine the different ways that communication and the media shaped and continue to shape our understanding of and relationships to the natural environment.
- Students will gain historical and contemporary knowledge of the US conservation and environmental movements and how environmental attitudes have changed over time.
- Students will be able to apply communication theory to environmental contexts and will be better able to recognize, analyze, and critique the variety of environmental messages that they encounter.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027