TY - JOUR
TI - Blowing in the Wind—Norwegian Wind Power Photographs in Transition
AU - Simonsen, A
T2 - Journalism Practice
AB - With the growing awareness about the impact of images in climate change communication, wind turbine images are largely associated with positive and solution-oriented actions. This article questions if this is inherently so. Empiric material from the Norwegian media coverage of land-based wind power plants in 2018 and 2020 suggests that wind power images are transitioning from green icons to more ambiguous and sometimes downright threatening representations. The visual transformation is particularly salient in the growing body of photojournalistic images, as opposed to photographs from commercial sources such as news agencies and wind power companies. In addition, it seems that even the symbolic meaning of wind power icons is transitioning from representing a hopeful “future perfect” to symbolizing nature degradation and political arrogance. These findings generate a call for contextual awareness when it comes to identifying visual meaning, and caution about treating “solution visuals” as ready-made tools for greater climate awareness.
DA - 2022/01//
PY - 2022
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512786.2021.2016068
DO - 10.1080/17512786.2021.2016068
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Noise
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Visual Impacts
ER -