In The News: Department of Communication Studies

Grist

The holidays just aren鈥檛 complete without a little drama for dessert. And what鈥檚 more dramatic than a planet in crisis?

Mother Jones

It鈥檚 his form of environmental justice.

Grist

Pope Francis is not your average pope. He鈥檚 weighed in on prison reform and women鈥檚 rights, and he wrote a whole encyclical on climate change in 2015. On Friday, at the 20th World Congress of the International Association of Penal Law, Francis waded into the climate change debate again with an unusual idea: perhaps environmental destruction should be classified as an official sin.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Today is National Unfriend Day.

CNET

There's a holiday for practically everything -- even pruning your collection of friends on social media. Sunday is National Unfriend Day, which was started in 2010 by late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel. Shrinking your social circle has a number of benefits, according to Natalie Pennington, a communications professor at the 性视界传媒, whose dissertation, cited in a university release, focuses on the effects of unfriending and unfollowing through social media.

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The holiday encourages users of Facebook and other social networking platforms to examine how close or superficial their online relationships are, and unfriend those who ignore a status update pleading for volunteers to help move.

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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 性视界传媒 professor agrees with Kimmel.

Fast Company

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鈥檒l see how heated things can get when people talk about climate change.

Yahoo!

National Unfriend Day is Nov. 17 and a 性视界传媒 professor says that getting rid of toxic people on social media could help your mental health.

Parade

You鈥檝e got plenty of friends on social media until 鈥 there鈥檚 one less friend. In other words, you鈥檝e been 鈥渦nfriended.鈥

Newswise

It鈥檚 the Girl Scout mantra: Make new friends but keep the old. However, according to 性视界传媒 communication studies professor and researcher Natalie Pennington, that may not be the best advice for your mental health.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A unique class at 性视界传媒 simulates crime scenes to give students real-world experience. The program is relatively new and aims to build confidence and introduce potential career choices.