The Visual Life of Climate Change

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-5002-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Images can play a key role in communication – but climate change imagery can be formulaic and narrow in perspective. Going beyond polar bears and wildfires, this book is a manifesto for opening up the visual discourse on climate.

Rather than portraying scenarios that can be remote from many people’s lives, Saffron O’Neill shows how images can be powerful tools to engage viewers and enable them to connect different issues together. With engaging case studies and practical advice throughout, the book shows how visuals can represent climate change in a more ethical manner on social and traditional media platforms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Neill, Saffron

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction: ‘Just tell me, what’s the best climate image?

2. Adaptation: Heatwaves and Small Islands

3. Impacts: Polar bears

4. Energy: Wind turbines and smokestacks

5. Science: Climate stripes and burning embers

6. People: Politicians and protestors

7. Conclusion: Beyond visual metonyms