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4P18: The future of Environmental Communication
What is the future of environmental communication? This question is extremely daunting to me. I don’t know the answer to it! In fact I don’t know the answers to many questions about the environment. But what I can say, is … Continue reading
4P18: The Shape of Environmental Communication
Today we took a look at ways we engage with environmental communication and it just so happened that an extreme weather warning was taking place that week. Hurricane Sandy was a brewing and there was a lot of coverage surrounding … Continue reading
Module 3; Minor Blog – Life in the Information Age
A common question being asked this week is, ‘What do we mean when we say that we are living in the information age?’ This term is used quite often, and is sometimes replaced with digital, or technological, but all of … Continue reading
4P18: Environmental Advocacy
My immediate response to the words environmental advocacy is: Green Peace. I don’t even know what they really do, or who ‘they’ are but they are words I often throw around when discussing this kind of topic. To me, they … Continue reading
Module 2: Major Blog – Me, Myself and My Virtual Self
Sitting in a restaurant with three of my closest friends, I notice that before we flip open our menus to look through our meal options, we all place our cellphones on the table and quickly check the inbox messages, before … Continue reading
4P18: Consumerism and Materialism
This week we discussed the idea of environmentalism based more from a perspective of consumers. We opened the class with the ‘Follow the Frog’ Commercial which really stood out to me. It’s something I’m still thinking about because the idea … Continue reading
4P18: Green marketing/ Green washing
I found this week’s discussion to be the most interesting and engaging thus far in the course. The bulk of this conversation dealt with had to do with what commercial companies call green marketing, but can also be skewed as … Continue reading
Tag me on Facebook!: Looking at the Sense of Identity in Social Media communities
The technological phenomenon has had a major impact on communication. Methods of social interactions have changed drastically in my generation and will continue to do so in generations to come. I see 6 year olds who know how to use an … Continue reading
4P18- The story of eco-tourism
When I hear the word eco-tourism I think of my most recent trip to Calgary. One of my favourite experiences during my stay there was visiting Banff National Park. I was blown away by the natural beauty of the area; … Continue reading
4P18: How is Climate Change Spun?
The issues of this week are very much connected to the previous discussion of framing environmental communication. There is a specific way in which the environmental issues are being communicated to us and these messages can be further understood when … Continue reading
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