ENV361H1: Social Media and Environmentalism

24L/12T

ENV381H1

This course examines the impacts of the internet on environmental thinking and policy-making. Topics include the use of social media as a tool for community-building and collaborative design, the sharing economy, online protest movements, mass surveillance and its implications, and the impact of misinformation on climate denialism.

Completion of 6.0 credits
BIG102Y1, ENV381H1 if taken in 2015-16 or 2016-17
Social Science
Society and its Institutions (3)