Attention, sentiments and emotions towards emerging climate technologies on Twitter

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 83, P. 102765 - 102765

Published: Oct. 27, 2023

Public perception of emerging climate technologies, such as greenhouse gas removal (GGR) and solar radiation management (SRM), will strongly influence their future development deployment. Studying perceptions these technologies with traditional survey methods is challenging, because they are largely unknown to the public. Social media data provides a complementary line evidence by allowing for retrospective analysis how individuals share unsolicited opinions. Our large-scale, comparative study 1.5 million tweets covers 16 GGR SRM uses state-of-the-art deep learning models show attention, expressions sentiment emotion developed between 2006 2021. We find that in recent years, attention has shifted from general geoengineering themes specific methods. On other hand, there little often coincide conspiracy narratives. Sentiments emotions tend be more positive, particularly perceived natural, but negative when framed context.

Language: Английский

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Partisanship overcomes framing in shaping solar geoengineering perceptions: Evidence from a conjoint experiment

npj Climate Action, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: March 24, 2025

Abstract The discourse on solar geoengineering (SG) is evolving, yet public perceptions of SG as a climate change solution remain underexplored, especially in the polarized US political landscape. We examine relative importance different narratives—framed complementary, substitutive, or posing moral hazard—and partisan information sources shaping attitudes. Using conjoint experiment with 2123 American voters, we find that alignment source plays decisive role trust messenger and support for SG, overshadowing any impact message framing. Both Democrats Republicans are more likely to when comes from copartisan source. However, despite these strong influences, policy preferences consistent ideological baselines. These findings highlight partisanship emerging technologies such even contexts low awareness, underscore challenges depolarizing solutions.

Language: Английский

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Do fossil fuel firms reframe online climate and sustainability communication? A data-driven analysis

npj Climate Action, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Dec. 18, 2023

Abstract Identifying drivers of climate misinformation on social media is crucial to action. Misinformation comes in various forms; however, subtler strategies, such as emphasizing favorable interpretations events or data reframing conversations fit preferred narratives, have received little attention. This data-driven paper examines online and sustainability communication behavior over 7 years (2014–2021) across three influential stakeholder groups consisting eight fossil fuel firms (industry), 14 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), inter-governmental (IGOs). We examine historical Twitter interaction ( n = 668,826) using machine learning-driven joint-sentiment topic modeling vector autoregression measure interactions influences amongst these groups. report key findings. First, we find that the stakeholders our sample are responsive one another online, especially topics their respective areas domain expertise. Second, industry more likely respond IGOs’ NGOs’ messaging changes, regarding environmental justice action topics. The discuss public relations, advertising, corporate Third, change-driven extreme weather stock market performance do not significantly affect patterns among organizations. In conclusion, provide a foundation for understanding influence powerful shaping information ecosystem around change.

Language: Английский

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Growing online attention and positive sentiments towards carbon dioxide removal

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 18, 2024

Abstract Scaling up CO2 removal is crucial to achieve net-zero targets and limit global warming. Understanding public perception of large-scale carbon dioxide (CDR) vital avoid opposition that could slow down development, investments, deployment. Using Twitter data from 2010 2022, we analysed attention sentiments towards ten CDR methods. Our study provides up-to-date time series evidence complementing survey studies, capturing the opinions users with knowledge or awareness emerging Attention has grown exponentially, particularly in recent years. Overall, discourse on become more positive, except for BECCS. Conventional methods are most discussed receive positive sentiments. We examined three user types, each varying levels involvement discourse. Infrequent (assumed less familiar) pay biological sinks, while frequent focus novel

Language: Английский

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Hurricanes Increase Climate Change Conversations on Twitter

arXiv (Cornell University), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The public understanding of climate change plays a critical role in translating science into action. In the discourse, impacts are often discussed context extreme weather events. Here, we analyse 65 million Twitter posts and 240 thousand news media articles related to 18 major hurricanes from 2010 2022 clarify how impact discussion around change. First, content show that is most prominent non-hurricane specific topic by relation hurricanes. Second, perform comparative analysis between reliable questionable outlets, finding language varies providers. Finally, using geolocated data, accounts regions affected discuss at significantly higher rate than unaffected areas, with references increasing by, on average, 80% after impact, up 200% for largest Our findings demonstrate have key awareness

Language: Английский

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Use of immunology in news and YouTube videos in the context of COVID-19: politicisation and information bubbles

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 7, 2024

Background The COVID-19 pandemic propelled immunology into global news and social media, resulting in the potential for misinterpreting misusing complex scientific concepts. Objective To study extent to which is discussed articles YouTube videos English Italian, if related concepts are used support specific political or ideological narratives context of COVID-19. Methods In Italian we searched period 11/09/2019 11/09/2022 on YouTube, using software Mozdeh, mentioning one nine immunological concepts: antibody-dependent enhancement, anergy, cytokine storm, herd immunity, hygiene hypothesis, immunity debt, original antigenic sin, oxidative stress viral interference. We repeated this MediaCloud articles. Four samples 200 articles/videos were obtained from randomised data gathered analysed mentions concepts, stance vaccines, masks, lockdown, distancing, signifiers. Results Vaccine-negative information was higher than (8-fold English, 6-fold Italian) (4-fold news, 3-fold videos). also observed existence bubbles, where a negative towards intervention associated with other linked ideas. Some (immunity interference, anergy sin) anti-vaccine anti-NPI (non-pharmacological intervention) views. Videos mentioned politics more frequently those and, all media languages, anti-guidelines by factor 3 video 3–5 news. Conclusion There evidence that some provide credibility bubbles supports concept “rabbit hole” effect, interest unconventional views/media leads ever extreme algorithmic recommendations.

Language: Английский

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The exploitation of climate chaos, confusion and change - a new frontier for P/CVE strategic communication

Published: May 7, 2024

While scholarly debate continues about possible causal links between climate events and violent extremism, the evidence suggests that these make communities more vulnerable to recruitment, provide fertile ground for anti-democracy sentiment, erode trust in institutions governments. It is recognised many of challenges play out leverage on- offline public sphere. Strategic communication, therefore, an essential tool utilise this space help prevent counter extremism. This Policy Brief provides a starting point explore further potential nexus events, strategic communication. explores whole-of-society view communication challenge what actions practitioners could implement now address or minimise existing emerging threat.

Language: Английский

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Global perspectives on solar geoengineering: A novel framework for analyzing research in pursuit of effective, inclusive, and just governance

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 118, P. 103779 - 103779

Published: Oct. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Framing industrial decarbonization technologies in the public sphere: Narratives from the digital “town square” in the United Kingdom

Environmental Research Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(12), P. 125006 - 125006

Published: Nov. 28, 2024

Abstract Recent research underscores the importance of ensuring that net-zero pathways are perceived as legitimate and socially acceptable, public attitudes can trigger significant backlash. This article investigates narratives surrounding industrial decarbonization in UK within Twitter’s ‘digital town square.’ Intermediary agents play a crucial role shaping this discourse by fostering debate, offering specialized expertise, promoting specific technological narratives. Our contribution is twofold: first, we systematically analyze tweets from intermediary to identify key economic narratives; second, employ natural language processing demonstrate striking consistency between these perspectives incumbent industries central government. alignment suggests selection certain strategies both industry government may undermine social acceptability technologies associated infrastructure.

Language: Английский

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Attention and positive sentiments towards carbon dioxide removal have grown on social media over the past decade

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Dec. 10, 2024

Scaling up CO2 removal is crucial to achieve net-zero targets and limit global warming. To engage with publics ensure a social licence deploy large-scale carbon dioxide (CDR), better understanding of public perceptions these technologies necessary. Here, we analyse attention sentiments towards ten CDR methods using Twitter data from 2010 2022. Attention has grown exponentially, particularly in recent years. Overall, the discourse on become more positive, except for BECCS. Conventional are most discussed receive positive sentiments. Various types users different degrees: While posting little about pay biological sinks, frequently engaged focus novel methods. Our results complement survey studies by showing how awareness grows change over time. Discourse media time, bioenergy capture storage, 31 percent tweets infrequent users, which make 78 all according an analysis (now X)

Language: Английский

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