communication, ethics

Lopez, A. (2010). Defusing the Cannon/Canon: An organic media approach to environmental communication. Environmental Communication 4(1), 99-108.

Once you have completed the reading, please upload a 1.5-2 page overview of the article and consider the following questions:

a) What are the author’s main arguments?

b) What theory or way of thinking about media and communication does the article present/challenge/explore?

c) How do their arguments impact the field of communication and/or what role do you feel their perspective/theory/idea plays in developing the study of communication (mass and interpersonal)?

Article Overview and Research

In addition to the article overview, I want you to research and bring to class one more recent (2005-present) article which either utilizes the theory proposed by the foundational article, challenges its core assumptions, or demonstrates an integration of the theory with some method of original research