Picturing two modernities: Ecological modernisation and the media imagery of climate change
| Autor: | Jarkko Kangas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences visualisointi Communication media 05 social sciences ekologinen modernisaatio Climate change 050801 communication & media studies Environmental ethics Modernization theory 01 natural sciences Media- ja viestintätieteet - Media and communications visualisation climate change 0508 media and communications diskurssi ilmastonmuutos ecological modernisation discourse 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Nordicom Review. 40:61-74 |
| ISSN: | 2001-5119 |
| DOI: | 10.2478/nor-2019-0003 |
| Popis: | The article analyses the discursive roles of two prominent themes of the habitual media climate change imagery: “the smokestack” and “renewable energy”. Through semiotic analysis of connotation and thematic content analysis of images in The Guardian, the article argues that the constant reliance on these two themes and the particular ways of representing them sustain a definition of climate change as a technological dualism. The article argues further that this dualism of “dirty” and “clean” technologies, as the predominant way of visualising direct causes of and responses to climate change, articulates ecological modernisation discourse and its central storyline of progressing from “defiling growth” toward “sustainable development” (Hajer, 1995). The article suggests (1) further research on conventional thematic imageries as a meaningful approach to studying policy discourses and (2) the relevance of applying concepts of policy research to understanding and challenging the political bearings of prominent visualisations. |
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