Public Health, Language, Media, and Risk Management

3 credits · Undergraduate

Role of language in the politics and ethics of expert, government, and community stakeholder responses to epidemics, environmental pollution, and natural disasters. Theory and case studies of communication in U.S. and global crises. Uses of science, narrative, and metaphor in formation of health policy and health inequalities based in race, ethnicity, sexuality, and geographic marginalization. [3] (P)