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iProtest: Social Media and the Evolving Nature of Media Activism

by Matthew Nisbet on Sep 4, 2013 • No Comments
– Guest post by Luis Hestres, American University doctoral student. Reposted from Big Think’s Age of Engagement, Nov. 17, 2011. To say that new information technologies are revolutionizing political activism has become a tried and true cliché. It also happens to be true. Even as debates rage over the impact of technology on political activism,…

Reading List for Course on Science and Environmental Communication

by Matthew Nisbet on Feb 10, 2012 • 2 Comments
UPDATE: SEE THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS COURSE AND READING LIST FROM SPRING 2014 This semester, students from a diversity of majors at American University are participating in an advanced seminar I am teaching on science and environmental communication. For the first part of the semester, we are covering core issues and themes.  In the process,…

Study Maps the Relationship Between Cable News and Climate Change Perceptions

by Matthew Nisbet on Nov 9, 2011 • No Comments
A new study finds that Fox News tends to feature guests who doubt the reality of climate change and stories that dismiss the need for action, while CNN and MSNBC tend to feature guests who assert the reality of climate change and the need for action.  Interestingly, however, Fox tends to devote more attention to…

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