Seeing more than reading: the visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports

Ruggiero, Pasquale ; Bachiller, Patricia (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The analysis of semiotic modes of communication used in corporate reports is very relevant for understanding how meanings are communicated to readers or viewers. But researchers' interest has mainly focused on verbal and numerical modes of communication, and the focus on the visual mode has been very limited. This paper contributes to filling this gap through an explorative analysis of how the visual artefacts are used with the text (verbal and numerical) in utilities' corporate sustainability reports. Results show that visual artefacts are more used for captivating readers' or viewers' attention, spatializing and materializing concepts than infiltrating meanings.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101610

Año: 2023

Publicado en: UTILITIES POLICY 83 (2023), 101610 [15 pp.]
ISSN: 0957-1787

Factor impacto JCR: 3.8 (2023)

Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 129 / 358 = 0.36 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES rank: 53 / 182 = 0.291 (2023) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENERGY & FUELS rank: 89 / 171 = 0.52 (2023) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.8 - Sociology and Political Science (Q1) - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (Q1) - Business and International Management (Q1) - Economics and Econometrics (Q1) - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Law (Q1) - Energy (all) (Q2) - Transportation (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.889 - Law (Q1) - Sociology and Political Science (Q1) - Development (Q1) - Business and International Management (Q1) - Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2) - Transportation (Q2) - Economics and Econometrics (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-113905GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S56-23R

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Economía Finan. y Contab. (Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas)