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Emergent self-mediating classes in the digital semiosphere: Covid-19 conspiracies and the climate justice movement

John Hartley

John Hartley

Department of Internet Studies, Curtin UniversityAustralia
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Indrek Ibrus

Indrek Ibrus

Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn UniversityEstonia
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Maarja Ojamaa

Maarja Ojamaa

Department of Semiotics, University of TartuEstonia
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Jul 06, 2021
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Published Online: Jul 06, 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2021-0007
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“Public Feminist Intellectuals”Comments: German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Fridays for Future youth climate activists Luisa Neubauer (Germany), Greta Thunberg (Sweden), Anuna de Wever (Belgium), and Adélaïde Charlier (Belgium). “We asked her to treat the climate crisis like you treat any other crisis”, said Thunberg. She also called for Merkel to “be brave” and become a leader in the crisis (DW, 2020).Source: Neubauer, 2020; Thunberg, 2020
“Public Feminist Intellectuals”Comments: German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Fridays for Future youth climate activists Luisa Neubauer (Germany), Greta Thunberg (Sweden), Anuna de Wever (Belgium), and Adélaïde Charlier (Belgium). “We asked her to treat the climate crisis like you treat any other crisis”, said Thunberg. She also called for Merkel to “be brave” and become a leader in the crisis (DW, 2020).Source: Neubauer, 2020; Thunberg, 2020

Figure 2

“Girls punked Donald Trump”Source: McElrath, 2020
“Girls punked Donald Trump”Source: McElrath, 2020

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“K-pop killed the reality star”Source: MichelleN65, 2020
“K-pop killed the reality star”Source: MichelleN65, 2020
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