Constructing an activist self: Greta Thunberg’s climate activism as life writing

García, Ana Belén Martínez

doi:10.1080/01440357.2020.1808923

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“…Similar research could also be conducted in other marginalised communities around the world. There is a need for scholarship that frames agency in ways, for example, through life story writing like others have done [30]. Importantly, studies could investigate the extent to which positive representations of African women youth climate activists strengthen climate activism and civic engagement on the continent and beyond.…”

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Reimagining African Women Youth Climate Activism: The Case of Vanessa Nakate

Barnes

2021

Sustainability

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African women youth climate activists are marginalised in mainstream climate activism. There is very little scholarly work done on this group, specifically on how their agency is deployed in the context of extreme undermining. Based on a case study of the activism of Vanessa Nakate, this paper analyses online interviews, media reports and social media interactions. The text was analysed thematically. The paper identifies three social binds (location, gender, and youth) that limit her activism. Importantly, the findings show how she deploys context-dependent agency to overcome those binds. The paper offers practical and theoretical insights for the study of African women climate activism. I argue that understanding and developing personal and political agency is essential for the sustainability of African women youth climate activism.

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Reimagining African Women Youth Climate Activism: The Case of Vanessa Nakate

Barnes

2021

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“…Changes in media coverage of climate change happened in parallel with the environmental activism of the Swede Greta Thunberg, who initiated the actions of more than one million young people around the world launched through social media (Bergmann & Ossewaarde, 2020;Sabherwal, Ballew, Gustafson, Goldberg, Maibach, Kotcher, Swim, Rosenthal & Leiserowitz, 2021;Martínez García, 2020). However, research shows that media engagement is insufficient, as are the activities of other social institutions.…”

Section: Media and Climate Changementioning

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The Challenge of Climate Change for Students of Journalism in the South of Serbia

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Krstić²

2022

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Abstract. The role of the media in disseminating information on climate change is important, because they create public opinion that can lead to policy changes when it comes to this topic. The research results show that journalism students in the south of Serbia take climate change seriously and are most often informed about it through online media and web portals of major news organizations. However, students believe that the media do not report enough on climate change, and they themselves do not produce such content. However, they believe that their study program provides adequate knowledge about climate change, but they also want to gain more knowledge and skills required to report on climate change, which creates the opportunity to improve the journalism study program. Educating journalism students about climate change is especially important because they will shape public opinion on this topic that will be increasingly relevant and significant in the future. Keywords: climate change, media, journalism students, south of Serbia

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Greta Thunberg

Ryalls

Mazzarella²

2022

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

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Constructing an activist self: Greta Thunberg’s climate activism as life writing

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Reimagining African Women Youth Climate Activism: The Case of Vanessa Nakate

Reimagining African Women Youth Climate Activism: The Case of Vanessa Nakate

The Challenge of Climate Change for Students of Journalism in the South of Serbia

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