Imaginarios sociales de la juventud en la prensa chilena sobre cambio climático

Gabriel Prosser Bravo; Camilo Andrés Caro-Zúñiga; Juan Carlos Arboleda-Ariza; Ema Consuelo Schröder-Navarro; Milton Luciano González-Soto

doi:10.7764/cdi.54.54673

Authors

Gabriel Prosser Bravo Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Camilo Andrés Caro-Zúñiga Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Juan Carlos Arboleda-Ariza Universidad del Valle
Ema Consuelo Schröder-Navarro Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Milton Luciano González-Soto Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.54.54673

Keywords:

youth, climate change, social imaginaries, youth participation, mass media, climate activism

Abstract

The media are fundamental in reproducing global ideas and visions on climate change. This study sought to analyze the social imaginaries of youth in relation to climate change in four digital media. 193 news items published from September 2012 to December 2020 were identified conducting a thematic content analysis. Imaginaries found had different degrees of crystallization: traditional imaginaries linked to institutions, violence, and climate vulnerability; alternative imaginaries, highlighting scientific youth, Greta Thunberg, and peaceful protest, and instituting imaginaries, exhibiting a youth aware of environmental inequity, activist, and capable of offering solutions. The challenge is posed for social communicators and researchers to transcend punitive and adult-centric visions of youth to others that recognize their leadership and contributions to climate action.

Author Biographies

Gabriel Prosser Bravo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Gabriel Prosser Bravo, psychologist from the Universidad de Chile. Master © in Educational Psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Researcher in multiple Fondecyt Projects of the School of Psychology of the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Academic coordinator of the Corporación Bosqueduca and general director of the program Brotes de Acción Climática. His main lines of research are public policy, implementation science, environmental education, environmental psychology, and behavioral change.

Camilo Andrés Caro-Zúñiga, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Camilo Andrés Caro-Zúñiga, psychologist from Universidad de Chile, diploma in Educational Psychology from Universidad de Chile. Student of the master in Human Settlement and Environment of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Currently a professional in the Department of Community Prevention of the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior and Public Safety (ONEMI, by its Spanish acronym). His research topics are disaster risk management, youth, climate change, and environmental education.

Juan Carlos Arboleda-Ariza, Universidad del Valle

Juan Carlos Arboleda-Ariza, Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, master in Social Psychology Research, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and master in Psychosocial Intervention, Universidad de Barcelona. He currently teaches at the Department of Psychosocial Studies, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. His research focuses in issues of social memory, armed conflicts, social imaginaries, science fiction metaphors applied to social sciences, discourse analysis, among others.

Ema Consuelo Schröder-Navarro, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

Ema Consuelo Schröder Navarro, clinical-community psychologist from the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano and phytotherapist. Member of a collective focused on providing psychological and psychoeducational response to women survivors of gender violence; enabler in workshops for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Her main areas of interest are mental health, non-formal environmental education, and holistic learning.

Milton Luciano González-Soto, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

Milton Luciano González Soto, clinical-community psychologist, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, diploma in Self-Knowledge and Personal Development, FAS, Chile. Student of the Diploma in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, ITCC, Argentina. Currently enabler of the Psychosocial Support Device intervention in educational communities, HPV-USACH, Chile. His research topics are non-formal environmental education, popular education, and climate change.

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