Network analysis reveals open forums and echo chambers in social media discussions of climate change
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 4848
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.006
- Title of journal
- Global Environmental Change
- Article number
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- First page
- 126
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0959-3780
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 126
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper was the first to identify climate-related echo chambers in online media and generated interested within and outside academia. It was one of the first papers to study climate communications on social media and to apply "big data" methods in this area; previous work had been qualitative "small-N" studies by social scientists. Several articles were written about the findings in environmental news websites (e.g. E&E News, ClimateHome, EcoBusiness, RespondingToClimateChange). A figure from the paper was reproduced as part of the United Nations Development Programme flagship report "Human Development Report 2020 - The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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