“Famous, Beloved, Reviled, Respected, Feared, Celebrated:” Media Construction of Greta Thunberg

Ryalls, Emily D.; Mazzarella, Sharon R.

doi:10.1093/ccc/tcab006

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“…And-given the right circumstances-being different is a superpower. #aspiepower The insights provided by interviewees support the notion that Thunberg's disability makes her exceptional in the minds of followers-it is not a deficit but rather, an advantage (see also Ryalls & Mazzarella, 2021).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…While media reporting hails female participation, Thunberg's disability is a much-contested element of news media reporting (Ryalls & Mazzarella, 2021;von Zabern & Tulloch, 2021). Participants in this study noted across the board that they take note of her different communication style but disagree with naming it a "drawback" for the movement.…”

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confidence: 80%

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The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters

Sorce

2022

MaC

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Drawing on walking interviews with 19 Fridays for Future (FFF) activists in Germany, this study focuses on Greta Thunberg by researching strikers’ perception, identification, and online networking practices with the movement’s central figure. With respect to protest mobilization and collective identity formation, this study finds that participants primarily identify with Thunberg via her class standing. While male activists highlight Thunberg’s gender as a mobilizing factor, female and non-binary activists often dismiss it, thereby distancing themselves from FFF’s feminized public image. Participants believe that Thunberg’s disability gives her an “edge” to generate media attention for FFF, calling it an asset to the cause. Although all participants engage with Thunberg via social media, many downplay her leadership role in the movement. Similarly, local organizers actively use Thunberg’s posts to build up their own online networks while routinely emphasizing FFF’s leaderlessness. The findings thus nuance assumptions about identity-based mobilization, explore the construction of networked leadership, and chart digital organizing practices in a transnational youth climate movement.

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The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters

Sorce

2022

MaC

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“…8-10). Especially, by centralizing the figure of Greta Thunberg the demand for action on climate change is downplayed (Ryalls & Mazzarella, 2021), reducing the strike to a personal testimony rather than a political movement (von Zabern & Tulloch, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

‘Like the Oceans We Rise’: News Frames on Youth for Climate

Poot

Bauwens

2022

YOUNG

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In early 2019, following the example of the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, youth-led climate movements around the world demonstrated massively and persistently for a more ambitious climate policy. News media gave extensive coverage to the climate activists; given that the demonstrations were mostly on school days, public debates on young people’s rights, obligations and political agency were tense and polarized. In this article we take Belgium as a case study and discuss how the Youth for Climate movement was framed in four Dutch-speaking newspapers. Based on an inductive and deductive frame analysis of 126 newspaper articles, we found six frames. Most of the frames tend to challenge persistent views of young people’s political agency, whereas remarkably few support the idea that young people are unfit for politics.

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“…This study extends from scholars across social sciences and humanities who have analyzed Thunberg’s speeches and writings (García 2020; Skilbeck 2020); analyzed social media posts that contain hashtags and keywords relevant to the climate movement (Boulianne et al 2020; Han and Ahn 2020; Jung et al 2020); and examined how mainstream media frames Thunberg’s message and actions (Ryalls and Mazzarella 2021; von Zabern and Tulloch 2021). Visual information has been shown to help people better process and remember information (Graber 1996), and, in the realm of social movements, motivate viewers toward engagement in protests (Geise et al 2021).…”

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Framing the Global Youth Climate Movement: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Greta Thunberg’s Moral, Hopeful, and Motivational Framing on Instagram

Molder

Lakind

Clemmons³

et al. 2021

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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Climate change is a critical global problem that requires immediate action to mitigate its effects. In recent years, youth climate activists have mobilized worldwide protests to demand action, using social media platforms to communicate and broadcast their message. This study examines Greta Thunberg's rise to global prominence through an analysis of her first year and a half of Instagram posts from June 2018 to January 2020, including visual and textual elements. First, we explore how climate change is communicated on social media by youth activists, and then examine these concepts through the unique case of Thunberg’s Instagram. Then, through qualitative content analysis, this study elucidates her communication strategy by applying the concept of framing to unpack how she frames climate change as a moral and ethical issue, uses an emotional appeal of hope, and visually frames motivational collective action to mobilize her audience. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings to explore the complexities of communicating climate change through social media and how Thunberg's activism on Instagram may provide an example for future generations.

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“Famous, Beloved, Reviled, Respected, Feared, Celebrated:” Media Construction of Greta Thunberg

Cited by 22 publications

References 20 publications

The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters

The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters

‘Like the Oceans We Rise’: News Frames on Youth for Climate

Framing the Global Youth Climate Movement: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Greta Thunberg’s Moral, Hopeful, and Motivational Framing on Instagram

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