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Motif: Countdown

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science-fiction disaster film, directed by Roland Emmerich. The story centers Jack Hall, a renowned scientists who studies the planet’s weather patterns. He discovers that climate change will be the cause for a series of extreme weather events usher in global cooling and lead to a new ice
MovieAllegorical FantasyApocalypseCountdownCreating awarenessCritical DystopiadisasterDystopian Futureeco heroExtinctionIce AgeScience CommunicationCaring For FamilyDisbeliefdystopianempathizing with environmentStreaming platform

Hey, Stop Scrolling – Our Planet is Fucking Dying

From Wired Magazine: “In the TikTok video, Levanti, superimposed over an image of Earth on fire, says, ‘Hey, stop scrolling. Our planet is fucking dying.’ It’s gotten over 314,000 views and been shared nearly 14,000 times. There are over 5,000 comments, some of which are heartbreaking: ‘I am 13, does that mean my future children
VideoCountdownMedia ReflexivityAnxietyDreadAffective PublicsMobilizing younger audiencesSpreadability

Created by the Green Media Studies initiative at Utrecht University.