An Analysis of the The Age of Stupid Documentary in the Context of Environmental Communication

In the post-1980 period, when industrialization accelerated, the studies in the field of environmental communication gained importance in order to raise awareness with the increase in environmental degradation. Increasing this awareness, the widespread use of mass media with developing technology has been effective. The Age of Stupid is one of the important films in terms of the creation of environmental awareness. Within the scope of this article, the film was examined with qualitative content analysis. In the findings section, 6 real story and archive videos shown in the film are examined through three environmental discourse. These are ecosystem discourse, environmental justice discourse and ecosocialism. It is emphasized that nature, which is deteriorated by the human hand emphasized until the end of the film, reached a dangerous dimension in 2055 due to climate change and global warming. As a result, it has been shown that rich companies and states that have power in The Age of Stupid will be faced with a humanity and nature that will disappear if they continue to exploit nature and poor countries without taking any precautions.