Readings and schedule are subject to change. Please consult the website weekly for the most current assignments.
Week 1: Constructing Environmental Paradigms
· Corbett: Intro, 1-2
· Lopez: 2
Week 2: Constructing Environmental Paradigms
· Lopez: 1, 3-4
Week 3: Ecological Mindprint: Advertising and Popular Culture
· Corbett: 3-4
· Lopez: 8
Week 4: Advertising and Popular Culture
· Corbett: 5-7
· "Selling with Gaia: Advertising and the natural world," Joseph Clark (Ecomedia, PDF)
· 6_sins-greenwashing.pdf
Week 5: Ecological Mindprint: Political Ecology: Constructing Environmental Issues and Claims Making
· Lopez: 7
· "Communication, media and social construction of the environment," Anders Hansen (Routledge Handbook of Environmental Communication, PDF)
· "Systems dynamics meets the press," Donella Meadows (PDF)
Week 6: Constructing Environmental Issues and Claims Making
· Corbett: 8
· "Democracy, climate crisis and journalism: Normative touchstones," Robert Hackett (Journalism and Climate Crisis, PDF)
· "Conclusion: Media reform for climate action," Robert Hackett (Journalism and Climate Crisis, PDF)
Week 7: Corporate PR and Activist Image Events
· Corbett: 9
· "Interview with David Ritter: Mobilising on change--The experience of Greenpeace, Benedetta Brevini (Carbon Capitalism, PDF)
· "An interview with Michael E Mann: Fighting for science against climate change deniers's propaganda," Benedetta Brevini (Carbon capitalism, PDF)
Week 8: Ecological Footprint: Intro to Political/material ecology of media
· Lopez: 5
· "An interview with Naomi Klein: Capitalism versus the climate," Christopher Wright (Carbon Capitalism, PDF)
· "Digital Desires: Mediated consumerism and climate crisis," Justin Lewis (Carbon Capitalism, PDF)
· "Departure: A changing world" (ch. 1), Jack Linchuan Qiu (Goodbye i-Slave, reserve)
Week 9: Ecological Footprint: Conflict minerals/production
· "The greenest smartphone is the one you already own," Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller (How Green is you Smartphone?, reserve)
· "A temporary closure" (ch. 6), Jack Linchuan Qiu (Goodbye i-Slave, reserve)
· "Immaterial culture? The (Un)sustainability of screens," Paul Micklethwaite (Media and the Ecological Crisis, reserve)
Week 10: Ecological Footprint: Energy/e-waste
· "Making data sustainable: Backup culture and risk perception," Shane Brennan (Sustainable Media, reserve)
· "Re-thingifying the internet of things," Jennifer Gabrys (Sustainable Media, reserve)
· "E-waste, human-waste, infoflation," Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock (Media and the Ecological Crisis, reserve)
Week 11: Ecomedia footprint: Selfworld/Affect
· Lopez: 4
· "Mind your media: From distraction to attention," Jennifer Rauch (Slow Media, PDF)
Week 12: Conclusion: eco-citizenship
· Corbett: 10
· "Digital technology and the environment: Challenges for green citizenship and environmental organizations," Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller (Carbon Capitalism, PDF)