Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Művészetelméleti és Médiakutatási Intézet
- Kód
- BMI-MEDD-126.VV
- Cím
- A kommunikáció- és médiakutatás aktuális kérdései - Kommunikáció a környezetvédelemért az ökológiai válság korában
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- Meghirdetve
- 2025/26/2
- ECTS
- 4
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- At the end of the course, students will be able to critically examine environmental communication in a meaningful way, identifying the actors and underlying power structures that determine it, and develop effective communication strategies around the topic.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- Short description of the course / course content The course is designed for MA students who are interested in the intersection of humanities, social sciences and ecology. No prior knowledge of the subject is a prerequisite. Climate change, loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, rise of seal levels, plastic pollution and a range of other global environmental problems have become part of our everyday reality, requiring us to rethink the eternal, but ever changing relationship between humans and nature. The starting point for the course is the basic tenet of critical cultural studies that discursive practices in the public sphere mutually influence material reality. The news media, social media, mass culture, but also our everyday practices represent our relationship to the environment, and a meaningful analysis of these practices can help us understand the reasons of the current ecological crisis as well as explore possible adaptive and mitigating strategies. The course consists of two modules. First, we will review different forms, actors and platforms of environmental communication (i.e. news media, political communication, pop cultural artefacts, social media etc.) and possible methods for their analysis (i.e. rhetorical analysis, critical discourse analysis). Next students will work in larger groups to identify the local level form of a global environmental problem to be addressed as a project for the rest of the course. The research-based project aims to explore the material and discursive aspects of the problem, the actors shaping it, while taking into account the three pillars of sustainability. Following the in depth investigation of the topic students are required to formulate an action plan that could lead to the solution or mitigation of the problem. The course aims to engage students in grassroots environmental activism at the local level using communication tools, through a project based on their own choice and interest.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- Reading and understanding of course materials Project work and presentation of the research setup (mid-course) and it's final outcomes (end of the course)- details and evaluation criteria are to be found on Google Classroom. Activity throughout classes. Please note that more than three absences will result in the course not being completed in accordance with university regulations.
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Cantrill, J. (2015). Social sciences approach to environment, media and communication. In A.Hansen & R. Cox(eds).The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication(pp.49-62). Routledge Clark, J. (2015). Selling with Gaia. Advertising and the natural world. In S., Cubitt, S., Monani & S., Rust (Eds.). Ecomedia. Routledge Hansen, A. (2017). Using visual images to show environmental problems. In A.F. Fill & H. Penz (eds.). The Routledge handbook of ecolinguistics (pp. 179-195). Routledge. Hochman, J. (1997). Green cultural studies: an introductory critique of an emerging discipline. Mosaic: A journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature, 81-96. Jacobsson, D. (2019). In the Name of (Un)Sustainability: A Critical Analysis of How Neoliberal Ideology Operates Through Discourses About Sustainable Progress and Equality. TripleC 17(1), 19-37. McCarthy, J. (2019) Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Environment: Comparative Experiences, Insights, and Perspectives, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(2), 301-307, https://10.1080/24694452.2018.1554393 McLean, M. L. (2023, August 30). Why did tourists keep coming as Rhodes and Maui burned? It’s about far more than denial. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/tourists-rhodes-maui-burned-travel?utm_term=64f073df04791014327a3078482f0ee2&utm_campaign=DownToEarth&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email Pattberg, P. (2007). Conquest, domination and control: Europe’s mastery of nature in historic perspective. Journal of Political Ecology, 14(1), 1-9. Peeples, J., & Murphy, M. (2015). Discourse and rhetorical analysis approaches to environment, media, and communication. In A.Hansen & R. Cox (eds.). The Routledge handbook of environment and communication (pp. 39-49). Routledge. Pezzullo, P. C., & Cox, R. (2018). Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere (5th Ed.). SAGE. Pulido, L., Bruno, T., Faiver-Serna, C. & Galentine, C.(2019). Environmental Deregulation, Spectacular Racism, and White Nationalism in the Trump Era. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(2), 520-532 Soles, C. & Chu, K-W. (2015). Overview: framing visual texts for ecomedia studies In S., Cubitt, S., Monani & S., Rust (Eds.). Ecomedia. Routledge Slovic, S., Rangarajan, S., & Sarveswaran, V. (Eds.). (2019). Routledge handbook of ecocriticism and environmental communication.(pp 1-5) Routledge. Vécsey, V.(2022) Ecocritical Readings of Academy Award-Winning Animated Shorts, Environmental Communication, 16(6), https://723-738, 10.1080/17524032.2022.2090980