(Non)Knowing the Environmental Impact of Video Streaming: Complexity, Transparency, and Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores the environmental impact of video streaming by examining the incongruent emissions figures presented in various white papers and corporate sustainability reports. Investigating how emissions data are produced, it addresses the complexity of impact assessment and analyzes how these data are used in corporate sustainability reports. The article highlights the creation of opacity and nonknowing surrounding the environmental impact of video streaming, arguing that these practices ultimately serve corporate interests and reinforce power dynamics related to who has access to this knowledge and who remains uninformed.
Source: Media Industries
DOI: 10.3998/mij.7630
Author: Judith Keilbach
Institution: Utrecht University
Language: English
Topic: Green IT and Sustainability
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413213749