MEVIT2616 ¨C Communicating climate change

Course content

How do scientists, journalists, and film makers communicate about climate change? ?

What measures are used by activists, social media users and "green influencers" to convey urgency and persuade others to engage?

How can the challenges and solutions of the climate crisis be visualised using stories, short videos, memes, news, infographics, and other media?

These are the questions addressed in this course. We meet people whose job it is to communicate about climate change and discuss issues such as trust, greenwashing, attention, engagement, mobilisation, urgency, and apathy.

The course is built on active participation: students collect and analyse a variety of climate change communication and team up with others to create a media product as part of their exam. The type of media varies; options are discussed at the beginning of the course.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, students

Knowledge:

• have a basic understanding of the importance of communication for climate change
• are familiar with a range of media used for climate communication
• are familiar with approaches to analyse climate change communication

Skills:

• can critically reflect on the importance of communication to handle the climate crisis
• can combine practical and academic knowledge concerning climate communication
• can reflect on dilemmas in communicating about climate change

General competence:

• have acquired teamwork skills
• have acquired basic skills in production of media messages ?

Admission to the course

This course in part of the Sustainability Certificate

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Teaching

The teaching is based on workshops with few lectures and active involvement by students.

Mandatory activity:

This course has one mandatory activity. To qualify for the exam, students in designated groups will present the ideas they have for a media product.? ?

The assignment is a prerequisite for being allowed to sit for the examination and will be assessed as approved/not approved.?

The mandatory assignment must be done in English.

Read more about compulsory activities at the Faculty of Humanities

Examination

The final exam will be a practical group assignment where students create a media product in designated groups. This is followed by a short individual oral exam where students are asked to relate their media product to issues addressed in the course.

Language of examination

English only.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.