There is Power in Numbers, Unite to Survive: A Discourse Analysis of the Collective Action Framing in Extinction Rebellion’s Communication.
(2023) STVM23 20231Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- As the climate crisis worsens, climate activist refuse to sit idly by and wait for the inevitable and disastrous consequences. Government response to climate change is severely lacking and if nothing is changed, soon it will be too late. The accelerating rate at which the natural world is being destroyed can make it hard for policy to keep up. However, climate movements are calling for an end to the excuses and for meaningful changes to be implemented across all levels of society.
In recent years, social movements have emerged as increasingly important actors on the global political arena. This has been in tandem with a new wave of climate movements, one of which being Extinction Rebellion (XR). The study focuses on XR and how they... (More) - As the climate crisis worsens, climate activist refuse to sit idly by and wait for the inevitable and disastrous consequences. Government response to climate change is severely lacking and if nothing is changed, soon it will be too late. The accelerating rate at which the natural world is being destroyed can make it hard for policy to keep up. However, climate movements are calling for an end to the excuses and for meaningful changes to be implemented across all levels of society.
In recent years, social movements have emerged as increasingly important actors on the global political arena. This has been in tandem with a new wave of climate movements, one of which being Extinction Rebellion (XR). The study focuses on XR and how they navigate the field of environmental governance. The investigation aims to locate diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational frames in XR’s discourse, as well as determine their significance. As was discovered through discourse analysis methology, XR has mobilised thousands of supporters through effective climate communication and issue framing. They are seen as a crucial meaning-signifier and a part of knowledge construction. (Less)
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- Hakala, Fanni Pirita LU
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- course
- STVM23 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- social movements, climate activism, Extinction Rebellion, framing, discourse analysis
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- English
- id
- 9115548
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abstract = {{As the climate crisis worsens, climate activist refuse to sit idly by and wait for the inevitable and disastrous consequences. Government response to climate change is severely lacking and if nothing is changed, soon it will be too late. The accelerating rate at which the natural world is being destroyed can make it hard for policy to keep up. However, climate movements are calling for an end to the excuses and for meaningful changes to be implemented across all levels of society.
In recent years, social movements have emerged as increasingly important actors on the global political arena. This has been in tandem with a new wave of climate movements, one of which being Extinction Rebellion (XR). The study focuses on XR and how they navigate the field of environmental governance. The investigation aims to locate diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational frames in XR’s discourse, as well as determine their significance. As was discovered through discourse analysis methology, XR has mobilised thousands of supporters through effective climate communication and issue framing. They are seen as a crucial meaning-signifier and a part of knowledge construction.}},
author = {{Hakala, Fanni Pirita}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{There is Power in Numbers, Unite to Survive: A Discourse Analysis of the Collective Action Framing in Extinction Rebellion’s Communication.}},
year = {{2023}},
}