Six Years of European Visual Climate Activism
A Longitudinal Analysis of Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion’s Online Visual Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22009322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azzuppardi Costanza (Scuola Normale Superiore), Doerr Nicole (University of Siegen), María Florencia Langa (University of Gothenburg), Maria Langa, Matteo Magnani (0000-0002-3437-9018, Uppsala University), Oross Dániel (National Centre for Social Research), Luca Rossi (0000-0002-3629-2039, IT University of Copenhagen), Alexandra Segerberg (Uppsala University), K Uba (0000-0002-0715-6492, Equinor (Norway)), Luigi Arminio (0009-0006-6561-8292, IT University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-3317 • E-ISSN: 2162-3317 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5210/spir.v2024i0.15304 |
| OpenAlex | W7133564881 |
| Language | EN |
This paper addresses how global climate movements use images in their social media communication from a comparative perspective: How have Fridays For Future and Extinction Rebellion in Italy, Germany, Sweden and Hungary evolved their use of visual communication on Instagram between 2018 and 2024? We argue that three lines of analysis are important for a comprehensive understanding of the relation between image content and protest movements: a) complementary movements, b) complementary countries and c) longitudinal observation. We explore those lines of analysis by leveraging a mixed-method analysis of full production of images shared by FFF and XR on Instagram in the period 2018-2024
Climate change · Communication design · Longitudinal study · Social media · Visual Communication · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |