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

ENVS 4100/STPR 4100
University of Colorado

Week 1

Tuesday, July 11

• Introductions & review schedule, objectives, logistics, expectations, plans for the course
• Science and environmental online video
  

Wednesday, July 12

• Popularity of science and environmental online video
• Typology

Discussion of this reading:

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.

Thursday, July 13

• Scientific rigor
• Audience perception

Discussion of this reading:

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.

Friday, July 14

• New journalistic formats
• New trends in TV news on climate change

Discussion of this reading:

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 (pp. 1-47).