Climate Change Impact of Electronic Media Solutions: Case Study of the Tablet Edition of a Magazine

Ahmadi Achachlouei, MohammadKTH,Miljöstrategisk analys,Centre for Sustainable Communications, CESC (author)

QC 20130814
Shifts from print media to electronic media may be regarded as apossibility for promoting sustainability. However, the benefits ofelectronic media are not unquestioned. Previous studies on theenvironmental impacts of print and electronic media have shownthat there is no easy answer. Contributing to this field of research,the present study sought to assess the climate change impact ofthe tablet edition of a magazine using a life cycle perspective.Results showed that with few readers the emerging tablet versionhad a higher potential climate change impact per reader than themature tablet version, although the latter had a substantiallylonger reading time per copy. The contribution of contentproduction, electronic distribution, reading on tablet and wastetreatment of tablet to the impact was analysed. The sensitivityanalysis of electricity mix indicated that this was an importantfactor that clearly influenced the overall results.

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER Naturresursteknik Annan naturresursteknik hsv//swe
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Environmental Engineering Other Environmental Engineering hsv//eng
Climate change
carbon footprint
information and communications technology (ICT)
electronic media
industrial ecology
life cycle assessment (LCA)
technology and environment
media
print
magazines

Moberg, ÅsaKTH,Miljöstrategisk analys,Centre for Sustainable Communications, CESC(Swepub:kth)u1c8brnc (author)
Hochschorner, ElisabethKTH,Miljöstrategisk analys,Centre for Sustainable Communications, CESC(Swepub:kth)u19zk0ui (author)
KTHMiljöstrategisk analys (creator_code:org_t)

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