
A young child helps clean up the graffiti
Our discussion groups, images of (what people described as) ‘typical environmentalists’ only really resonated with the small number of people. Most people do not feel an affinity with climate change protesters, so images of protests may reinforce the idea that climate change is for ‘them’ rather than ‘us.’ Protest images involving people directly affected by climate impacts were seen as more authentic and therefore more compelling
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A young child helps clean up the graffiti at the Closing Ceremony of the Extinction Rebellion demonstration on April 25th 2019 London
Photo by
Nick Moore
Principles:
Be careful with protest imagery