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Apr 25, 2024
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Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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COM 225 - Media and the Environment (4 Cr.) (LER-ENV)(GCR-ENV)
In this course, we will explore the role that media play in our relationship with the environment. We will focus on such topics as the role of news media in people’s understandings of climate change, communication in the environmental justice movement, the use of digital media to organize against the global climate crisis, mass media as a driver of consumer culture, and the relations of media technologies with energy and waste. The course includes a community-based learning component that requires out-of-class service work in environmental sustainability and civic engagement. Prerequisites: , college writing proficiency, and sophomore standing; or permission of instructor. Spring semester. Kimball.
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