Environmental Communication. 3 credits. (Same as EVS 459)

Catalog description

Our communication about the natural world both interprets and defines it. We experience and understand the natural world through communication, through different channels, and through discourses that have evolved over time. This course interrogates this communication as well as the underlying assumptions that ground such communication. In doing so, we will evaluate the social construction of the environment and environmental issues through media and other communication processes. This will allow us an opportunity to recognize how dominant discourses shape individual and societal choices. Satisfies Magis Core: Doing Social Science. P: Understanding Social Science.