Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement

In 2019, after decades of attempting to raise awareness of the need to take action, the climate movement saw a surge in its ability to mobilize citizens and influence the political agenda. A younger generation leading the movement has given renewed vigour to the movement¿s discourse by emphasising t...

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Autores: Soler-i-Martí, Roger, Fernández Planells, Ariadna, 1983-, Pérez-Altable, Laura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/61219
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2022.2123312
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fridays for future
Social media
Youth
Emergency
Future
Climate movement
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spelling Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movementSoler-i-Martí, RogerFernández Planells, Ariadna, 1983-Pérez-Altable, LauraFridays for futureSocial mediaYouthEmergencyFutureClimate movementIn 2019, after decades of attempting to raise awareness of the need to take action, the climate movement saw a surge in its ability to mobilize citizens and influence the political agenda. A younger generation leading the movement has given renewed vigour to the movement¿s discourse by emphasising the need to act immediately by expressing the idea of emergency. This article suggests that this notion, one that is central to the current youth climate movement, includes an acceleration of time and a discourse based on hope. These ideas have worked as an activator of action complementing or nuancing narratives about future and climate change. The analysis of the discourse of Fridays For Future Barcelona on social media (Twitter and Instagram) with a mixed methods approach shows first the centrality of the notion of emergency in the public discourse of the movement and its role in making the future seem not so distant. Secondly, it shows how the use of emergency speech is linked to a positive view of the future and to a generational discourse. And, finally, it has been detected that using emergency speech together with references to a hopeful future increases the impact of the movement¿s social media posts.Taylor & Francis2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/61219http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2022.2123312reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésSocial Movement Studies. 2024;23(4):517-36© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Movement Studies on 2022 Sep 14, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14742837.2022.2123312.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/612192026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
spellingShingle Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
Soler-i-Martí, Roger
Fridays for future
Social media
Youth
Emergency
Future
Climate movement
title_short Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
title_full Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
title_fullStr Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
title_full_unstemmed Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
title_sort Bringing the future into the present: the notion of emergency in the youth climate movement
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Fernández Planells, Ariadna, 1983-
Pérez-Altable, Laura
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Fernández Planells, Ariadna, 1983-
Pérez-Altable, Laura
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Pérez-Altable, Laura
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Fridays for future
Social media
Youth
Emergency
Future
Climate movement
topic Fridays for future
Social media
Youth
Emergency
Future
Climate movement
description In 2019, after decades of attempting to raise awareness of the need to take action, the climate movement saw a surge in its ability to mobilize citizens and influence the political agenda. A younger generation leading the movement has given renewed vigour to the movement¿s discourse by emphasising the need to act immediately by expressing the idea of emergency. This article suggests that this notion, one that is central to the current youth climate movement, includes an acceleration of time and a discourse based on hope. These ideas have worked as an activator of action complementing or nuancing narratives about future and climate change. The analysis of the discourse of Fridays For Future Barcelona on social media (Twitter and Instagram) with a mixed methods approach shows first the centrality of the notion of emergency in the public discourse of the movement and its role in making the future seem not so distant. Secondly, it shows how the use of emergency speech is linked to a positive view of the future and to a generational discourse. And, finally, it has been detected that using emergency speech together with references to a hopeful future increases the impact of the movement¿s social media posts.
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