HOW TO EFFECTIVELY REPRESENT CLIMATE CHANGE IN A 21ST CENTURY MULTI-MEDIA WORLD

ENVS 4100/STPR 4100
University of Colorado

Course Materials

Class discussions will require reading the following books and articles:

Painter, James et al. (2016). Something Old, Something New: Digital Media and the Coverage of Climate Change. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University: Oxford.

León, Bienvenido (2007). Science on Television. The Narrative of Scientific Documentary, The Pantaneto Press: Luton.

Welbourne, D. J., & Grant, W. J. (2016). Science communication on YouTube: Factors that affect channel and video popularity,  Public Understanding of Science, 25(6), 706-718.

León, B. & Erviti, M. C. (2015). Science in pictures: Visual representation of climate change in Spain’s television news, Public Understanding of Science, 24(2), 183-199.

Some discussions will focus on news reports and documentaries previously watched in the class sessions.