COMM 3210

Communication and the Environment

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

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.

When Offered Spring (offered in even-numbered years only).

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

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

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