Environmental Communication
Environmental communication is the various ways we communicate about the natural world (Corbett, J. 2).
Much of what is communicated about the environment often goes ignored or unrecognized (Corbett, J. 3). Environmental communication can be used in a variety of different mediums. It can be done through, but not limited to, journal articles, books, and environmental films to communicate what is
Communicating the World through Film. Source: picabay
happening today in the natural world. Alternative methods of communicating scientific research are important when trying to reach the general population. Film is just one of the many ways to communicate the ideas of science without maps, graphs, or numbers that could be difficult to understand without a science or math background (Hansman). An example of this is Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, where the movie warns about the potential changes caused by global climate change. Greenlit references this movie as an example of environmental communication that was used to reach a wide audience (Bailey, Greenlit).
Works Cited:
Bailey, Miranda, Producer. “Greenlit”. Ambush Entertainment and Earth Friendly Films, 2010.
Corbett, Julia B. “Communicating Nature: How We Create and Understand Environmental Messages”. Washington: Island Press, 2006, pp. 1-8.
Hansman, Heather. “This Song Is Composed From 133 Years of Climate Change Data.”
Smithsonian, 21 Sept. 2015, Accessed 1 April 2019.
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