“Famous, Beloved, Reviled, Respected, Feared, Celebrated:” Media Construction of Greta Thunberg

IF 1.5 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Communication Culture & Critique Pub Date : 2021-03-13 DOI:10.1093/CCC/TCAB006

E. Ryalls, Sharon R. Mazzarella

引用次数: 12

Abstract

In the 16 months before TIME magazine naming Greta Thunberg its Person of the Year, as her influence grew, so too did the news media’s attempts to make sense of her. This project analyzes profiles of Greta Thunberg to understand how journalists constructed the persona that has become “Greta.” We argue the paradoxical framing of Thunberg as exceptional and fierce and childlike contributes to an alternative construction of girlhood grounded in the positive portrayal of her Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. While featuring ASD as her “superpower” is potentially progressive, we argue foregrounding Thunberg’s whiteness and age cements her construction as the iconic voice of the climate crisis movement, potentially downplaying the need for collective action to end climate change.

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“著名、爱戴、谩骂、尊敬、恐惧、庆祝”:格蕾塔·桑伯格的媒体建构

在《时代》杂志提名格蕾塔·桑伯格(Greta Thunberg)为年度人物之前的16个月里，随着她的影响力越来越大，新闻媒体对她的解读也越来越多。这个项目分析Greta Thunberg的个人资料，以了解记者如何构建成为“Greta”的人物形象。我们认为，将Thunberg视为异常、凶猛和孩子气的矛盾框架，有助于建立在对她的自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)诊断的积极描述基础上的另一种少女时代的建构。虽然将ASD描述为她的“超级大国”可能是进步的，但我们认为，把滕伯格的白人和年龄放在突出位置，巩固了她作为气候危机运动标志性声音的形象，可能会淡化集体行动结束气候变化的必要性。

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Communication Culture & Critique COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

5.90%

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