In The News: Department of Communication Studies
Former Las Vegas resident and comedian Jimmy Kimmel has created a holiday to help you end superficial relationships online. National Unfriend Day is Nov. 17 and a UNLV professor agrees with Kimmel.
Simply look at the reaction environmental activist Greta Thunberg received after speaking at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations (or really, when she does anything) and you’ll see how heated things can get when people talk about climate change.
National Unfriend Day is Nov. 17 and a UNLV professor says that getting rid of toxic people on social media could help your mental health.
You’ve got plenty of friends on social media until … there’s one less friend. In other words, you’ve been “unfriended.”
It’s the Girl Scout mantra: Make new friends but keep the old. However, according to UNLV communication studies professor and researcher Natalie Pennington, that may not be the best advice for your mental health.
A unique class at UNLV simulates crime scenes to give students real-world experience. The program is relatively new and aims to build confidence and introduce potential career choices.
More than a decade ago, ABC News pulled off an amazing feat: a 2007 special edition of “20/20” that called attention to the rapid deterioration of the global environment. Reporters were stationed on all seven continents. The news unit even managed to have the lights turned off on the Empire State Building and Times Square to symbolize the dire threat posed by the decline of the earth’s natural support systems. Anchor Diane Sawyer had to use a flashlight – on camera – to maneuver around the set.
Don’t feed the trolls. When you respond and engage with every mean or potentially mean comment about you online, it gives license and opportunity for those behaviors to repeat.
What is sexual harassment? How can employees address it when it is happening? What are the best practices in moving forward?
Studying Christianity provides important insights into how to talk productively about climate change with a variety of audiences. I interviewed Christians from many different denominations and found that they don’t all think alike when it comes to the environment. Some reject environmentalism, some embrace it, and others modify it to fit their beliefs.
It’s still a common refrain on climate change: “I don’t believe it.”
Warming oceans. Shrinking ice sheets. Intense rainfall events. Rising sea levels.