CS 400J

This course is focused on the critical study and analysis of environmental communication. It will provide students with insight into the history of contemporary strategies of environmental communication in a variety of contexts. Particular attention will be paid to how media and other forms of representation are used to promote and/or contest action for conservation and climate action. Topics may include the representations of nature, green consumerism, environmental education, eco- and nature-based tourism, resource extraction, media and the environment, digital technologies and the environment, social movements, and decolonizing environmental communication.