Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Media Portrayal of Youth Climate Change Activists

• Main Author: Hayes, Grayson
• Other Authors: Department of Child and Youth Studies
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Brock University 2021
• Subjects: climate change; youth activism; youth climate activists; media representations of youth; Currie; Lone; Peltier; anishina*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/15377

Climate change is the biggest global threat to our planet today and youth will bear the brunt of this threat (Currie & Deschênes, 2016). Recently, we have seen youth stand up and become activists for climate. This qualitative study was conducted on media representations of youth climate change a...