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Researcher: Negative ‘Utah Lake’ Narrative Persists; calls for storytelling to change public perception
Summary
Terry Harmon presented a discourse analysis showing dominant negative public narratives about Utah Lake and urged artists and storytellers to create embodied experiences that can shift emotions and community identity about the lake.
Terry Harmon, director of public outreach for Conserve Utah Valley and a graduate student in environmental humanities, told attendees at the Utah Lake Nerds annual gathering that public comments and social media responses overwhelmingly repeat a negative narrative about Utah Lake.
Harmon said he examined comments tied to a recent MyLake media campaign and other posts and read sample remarks such as, "Utah Lake is nothing but a sewer" and "Utah Lake is filthy, shallow, dangerous," to illustrate common themes. He reported…
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