Climate change and social networks: the use of Instagram and TikTok among secondary-school students in relation with sustainability

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https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v21i61.2926

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Movimientos juveniles;, fotoperiodismo; , motivos visuales

Resumo

Climate change has been identified as the greatest challenge facing humanity. In this research we sought to find out the extent to which teenagers use social media to stay informed about the climate emergency and sustainability. We studied the case of 98 teenagers, examining what types of content they view on Instagram and Tik Tok, and which accounts they follow. The main results of this research indicate that these teenagers do not use the analysed platforms to consume content on climate emergency and sustainability, highlighting the need for further educational intervention as a way to promote interest in these issues. 

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Laia Palos Rey, Blanquerna-URL

Graduated in history with a minor in philosophy from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, master's degree in education from the Camilo José Cela University and currently PhD candidate at Blanquerna-URL in the STREAM research group on communication of human rights, environmentalism and education. This research is linked to an industrial doctoral (DI2021/50) scholarship granted by the Catalan Government, where part of the thesis project is developed in a practical way in a secondary education centre in Barcelona (Spain).

Miriam Diez Bosch, Vicedean Blanquerna-URL

Founder and Director (Blanquerna Observatory on Media Religion and Culture). Journalist and theologian. Professor (Senior Lecture) and Vice Dean of Research, Transfer Knowledge and Internationalisation at the Faculty of Communication and International Relations Blanquerna at the Ramon Llull University of Barcelona. Vice-president of the Catalonia Religion Foundation. Vicepresident of the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture.

Veronica Israel Turim, Blanquerna-URL

Ph.D. in Communication from Ramon Llull University, Barcelona. Academic coordinator of the Master in Cultural Production and Communication and a Professor of undergraduate and graduate studies at the same University. Researcher in the STReaM group and in the Blanquerna Observatory of Communication, Religion, and Culture, and a member of the Chair of Religious Freedom and Conscience of Catalonia. Gender editor of the magazine Trípodos and is a member of the Women in Research group.

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2024-10-24

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REy, L. P., Diez Bosch, M., & Israel Turim, V. (2024). Climate change and social networks: the use of Instagram and TikTok among secondary-school students in relation with sustainability. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 21(61). https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v21i61.2926

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v. 21 n. 61 (2024): MAI/AGO

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