The Greta effect: Visualising climate protest in UK media and the Getty images collections

Hayes, Sylvia; O’Neill, Saffron

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102392

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“…First, it adds to the emerging literature on the structural, tactical, and most importantly (for our purposes) communicational properties of the climate protest movement. Evidence from this line of research shows that the movement is broadly characterized by interpersonally mobilized young females from well-educated backgrounds (Wahlström et al, 2019;de Moor et al, 2020;Hayes and O'Neill, 2021) emphasizing science, peaceful resistance, social and political change, sustainable lifestyle, and inter-generational justice (Holmberg and Alvinius, 2019;Marquardt, 2020;Bugden, 2020;von Zabern and Tulloch, 2021; 18. SEEs are derived from the regressions by the delta-method.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, there are powerful social barriers in the way of effective climate action (Bernauer, 2013;Gifford et al, 2011), and at least some are related to the age structure at key loci of decisionmaking (Aldy et al, 2012;Rickards et al, 2014;Andor et al, 2019). Not surprisingly, inter-generational justice is one of the key themes in climate protest (Holmberg and Alvinius, 2019;Hayes and O'Neill, 2021;von Zabern and Tulloch, 2021) substitutability (marginal utility is decreasing in expected protest size). 2 The basic aim of the present study is a test of hypothesis H 0 : β = 0 vs. H 1 : β = 0.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Free-Riding for Future: Field Experimental Evidence of Strategic Substitutability in Climate Protest

Jarke-Neuert¹,

Perino²,

Schwickert³

2021

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We test the hypothesis that protest participation decisions in an adult population of potential climate protesters are interdependent. Subjects (n = 1, 510) from the four largest German cities were recruited two weeks before protest date. We measured participation (ex post) and beliefs about the other subjects' participation (ex ante) in an online survey, used a randomized informational intervention to induce exogenous variance in beliefs, and estimated the causal effect of a change in belief on the probability of participation using a control function approach. Participation decisions are found to be strategic substitutes: a one percentage-point increase of belief causes a .67 percentage-point decrease in the probability of participation in the average subject.

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Free-Riding for Future: Field Experimental Evidence of Strategic Substitutability in Climate Protest

Jarke-Neuert¹,

Perino²,

Schwickert³

2021

Preprint

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“…I am really prowoman, women standing up is great because they were not allowed to do this for such a long time, yeah but for me, I don't care that she's female. Indeed, Hayes and O'Neill (2021) have found that in media reporting of climate protest events, journalists mostly feature young, female FFF protesters. When I pointed to this rather feminized public image of the movement-with many mediatized national leadership figures being female-most female study participants did admit that they might not have participated to the same degree if the "face" of the movement was male.…”

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“…Girls and young women become hyper-visible in the visual representation of FFF's activities in international journalism (Hayes & O'Neill, 2021). Correspondingly, news articles around Europe have been running headlines such as "girls claiming world power" (de Velasco, 2019), stating that today's eco-girls belong to "generation Greta" (Drury, 2021).…”

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

Sorce

2022

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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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“…She is routinely invited as a keynote speaker at high-profile political events, has become an authority on climate crisis activism, and represents a new generation of activists. Girls and young women become hyper-visible in the visual representation of FFF's activities in international journalism (Hayes & O'Neill, 2021). Correspondingly, news articles around Europe have been running headlines such as "girls claiming world power" (de Velasco, 2019), stating that today's eco-girls belong to "generation Greta" (Drury, 2021).…”

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Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media

Lee¹

2022

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Online social media present unprecedented opportunities and challenges for a range of organizing processes such as information sharing, knowledge creation, collective action, and post-disaster resource mobilization. Concepts and tools of network research can help highlight key aspects of online interaction. This editorial introduction frames the thematic issue along three themes of networked processes: identity and identification; interaction patterns in online communities; and challenges and cautionary notes concerning social media organizing. A diverse range of country contexts, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches illustrated in this issue, represent the multifaceted research that scholars can undertake to understand networked organizing on social media.

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The Greta effect: Visualising climate protest in UK media and the Getty images collections

Cited by 44 publications

References 59 publications

Free-Riding for Future: Field Experimental Evidence of Strategic Substitutability in Climate Protest

Free-Riding for Future: Field Experimental Evidence of Strategic Substitutability in Climate Protest

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

Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media

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