Do You See What I See? Emotional Reaction to Visual Content in the Online Debate About Climate Change DOI Creative Commons
Luca Rossi,

Alexandra Segerberg,

Luigi Arminio

et al.

Environmental Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 19

Published: Nov. 4, 2024

This paper explores the visual echo chamber effect in online climate change communication. We analyze communication by progressive actors and counteractors involved public debate about on Facebook, to address possibility that content can bridge ideologically diverse communities. Specifically, we investigate whether depicting protest serves this purpose. The findings reveal a small amount of shared content. Interestingly, emotional reactions for most part diverge significantly, suggesting pre-existing attitudes, such as ideological position, influence interpretation. Contrary our expectations, however, do not observe representing activity bridging two groups. work posits two-fold (de)polarization around both connects divides, which contributes more nuanced understanding social dynamics create sustain observed debates.

Language: Английский

Media ownership and coverage patterns of established, disruptive, and unconventional climate advocacy groups DOI Creative Commons
Robyn Gulliver, Xiongzhi Wang, Winnifred R. Louis

et al.

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 178(2)

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

Abstract Groups advocating on climate and environmental issues often seek to obtain media coverage increase public awareness of their cause, yet comparatively little is understood about the factors influencing volume content that coverage. This study investigates quantity characteristics advocacy groups through a mixed-method analysis 17,380 Australian articles published between 2017–2022. Four types were focus: ‘Established’ (large professionalised groups); ‘Disruptive’ (the greatest use civil resistance tactics); two what we call ‘Unconventional advocates’ – those who advocate for action change but from social identity position either typically not associated with (‘Role-based unconventional advocates’, such as parents or doctors) has history conflict other causes environmentalists (‘Conflict-spanning farmers political conservatives). Findings indicate linguistic cues conflict, achievement, emotional sentiment differed significantly according group type ownership. While Established gained coverage, Disruptive attracted highest language lowest achievement language, particularly in outlets by News Corp Murdoch owned company). Meanwhile, conflict-spanning advocates received using levels achievement. Our findings highlight potential new gain comparative sympathetic potentially expand basis support action.

Language: Английский

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Collective action impacts on climate change mitigation DOI Creative Commons
Nicole M. Ardoin, Alison W. Bowers

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 63, P. 101503 - 101503

Published: March 8, 2025

Language: Английский

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Positivity and collective climate action DOI Creative Commons
Claudia R. Schneider

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 64, P. 101527 - 101527

Published: May 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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An examination of digital empathy: When farmers speak for the climate through TikTok DOI Creative Commons
İlkay Unay‐Gailhard, Kati Lawson, Mark A. Brennan

et al.

Journal of Rural Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 102, P. 103075 - 103075

Published: Aug. 1, 2023

Food production contributes to and is affected by climate change. With this dual-sided nature of food production, separate from policymakers, the media, scientists, activists, how dialogue engagement occurs when farmers speak about interest research. Due important role youth in activism, we analyze on youthful platform TikTok during most recent United Nations COP26 meeting, dialogues peaked globally media. This study includes a two-step analyses: Step-I involved post-focused analysis investigating digital empathy surrounding posts created farmers. Step-II was user-focused exploring farmers' perspectives public with their climate-farming related posts. The results suggest that typical empathic analyzed emotional reactions (expressed briefly or explicitly). Even though videos contain alternative ways communication (dynamic demonstrations, humor), cognitive can differ based narrative narrator. These findings contribute studies outcome among communities share specific interests, elaborating dialogues, serves break down self-silencing online they reach out to.

Language: Английский

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Twitter Mining for Detecting Interest Trends on Biodiversity: Messages from Seven Language Communities DOI Open Access
Shu Ishida, Takanori Matsui, Chihiro Haga

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(17), P. 12893 - 12893

Published: Aug. 25, 2023

The recent rates of global change in nature are unprecedented human history. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has proposed a framework to achieve transformative change. Transformative with respect will be driven by recognizing the values people have; making inclusive decisions based these values; restructuring policies, rights, regulations accordance them; transforming social norms goals that can drive Social media is new source information modern tool for monitoring public opinion human–nature interactions. This study identified commonalities among seven language communities (the six official languages United Nations Japanese language), demonstrating uniqueness community comparing hashtags tweets include term biodiversity determining differences interest concern about from past present. Tweets accessible at end 2021 focus were collected Twitter server used form text dataset. Interest was then qualitatively quantitatively using natural processing technology. Engagements diversity indices found rise all communities. We different perspective relationship between humans scope IPBES conceptual framework. Future work should examine passion Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, collaboration various around world necessary understand concept traditions cultures.

Language: Английский

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Emotional Reframing of Economic News using a Large Language Model DOI
Jia Hua Jeng, Gloria Anne Babile Kasangu, Alain D. Starke

et al.

Published: June 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Divergences between mainstream and social media discourses after COP26, and why they matter DOI Creative Commons
Mary Sanford, James Painter

Oxford Open Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract UN climate conferences (COPs) have become powerful opportunities for driving public attention to issues and raising awareness via mainstream social media coverage. While there is an abundance of studies examining various elements the arenas separately, are currently no comparative analyses how outlets opinion leaders react thereby shape discourses around COPs. Using Bourdieu’s field theory conceptualize agents in two as ‘adversaries’, we use manual content analysis compare reactions 2021 Glasgow conference (COP26) across five top English-language online newspapers Australia, India, UK USA with those prominent users organizations on Facebook Instagram. We find entirely different appraisals between arenas: Where highlighted progress summit, were eager criticize its failures world take sufficient action. discuss implications this divergence, specifically (i) extent which it hinders cultivation cohesive narratives about critical issues, (ii) failure frame advocated by may de-legitimize international policy initiatives undercut support engagement these efforts.

Language: Английский

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Towards environmental performance through responsible environmental intentions and behavior: Does environmental law cognition really matter among Chinese farmers DOI Creative Commons
Ying Wang

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(9), P. e0308154 - e0308154

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

Rapid agricultural expansion, marked by unsustainable practices, has contributed significantly to environmental degradation globally. In response China’s escalating concerns, recent legislation sought disseminate information and promote awareness of preservation among residents. This study aims investigate the influential role citizen intentions activist on responsible behavior for achieving performance (EP). Moreover, moderating influence these laws relationship between environment-protecting behavior, with a focus legal cognition. Utilizing population 3150 farmers we select 603 using simple random sampling and, this applies theory planned within structural equation model framework. The findings affirm that farmers’ perceived control, personal factors, attitudes directly impact both intentions, subsequently influencing types environmental-oriented behavior. Notably, identifies stronger inward attitude effect compared outward in intentions. Additionally, cognition emerges as crucial moderator, link results suggest become more familiar laws, direct their environmentally oriented intensifies. Hence, obligations play an essential shaping pro-environmental aligns individual level farmer’s law offering interesting insights develop implement imminent policies. benefits practitioners policy makers’ contextualizing Chinese sector.

Language: Английский

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Do You See What I See? Emotional Reaction to Visual Content in the Online Debate About Climate Change DOI Creative Commons
Luca Rossi,

Alexandra Segerberg,

Luigi Arminio

et al.

Environmental Communication, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 19

Published: Nov. 4, 2024

This paper explores the visual echo chamber effect in online climate change communication. We analyze communication by progressive actors and counteractors involved public debate about on Facebook, to address possibility that content can bridge ideologically diverse communities. Specifically, we investigate whether depicting protest serves this purpose. The findings reveal a small amount of shared content. Interestingly, emotional reactions for most part diverge significantly, suggesting pre-existing attitudes, such as ideological position, influence interpretation. Contrary our expectations, however, do not observe representing activity bridging two groups. work posits two-fold (de)polarization around both connects divides, which contributes more nuanced understanding social dynamics create sustain observed debates.

Language: Английский

Citations

1