Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter

Anil Can Kara; Ivana Dobrijevic; Emre Öztas; Angelina Mooseder; Raji Ghawi; Jürgen Pfeffer

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21047-1_52

Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter

Anil Can Kara, Ivana Dobrijevic, Emre Öztas, Angelina Mooseder, Raji Ghawi, Jürgen Pfeffer

Lehrstuhl für Computational Social Science

Technische Universität München

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Abstract

Climate change is vividly discussed on social media platforms. In this study, we analyse the central figures in the climate change discourse on Twitter. We identify the most mentioned people, brands and groups. We then evaluate how users tweet about them, regarding stances and co-mentions. Our results indicate that tweets about media outlets, institutions and companies are dominating the climate change debate on Twitter, and that their role in shaping the public perception of climate change should not be underestimated. Moreover, we can show that politicians receive much more user attention than other groups and that Joe Biden and Greta Thunberg are the most mentioned actors in the discourse. Our research provides new insights on the driving actors behind the climate change discussion. This can help further researchers to develop effective measures for climate change communication.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings
Redakteure/-innen	Eric Pardede, Pari Delir Haghighi, Ismail Khalil, Gabriele Kotsis
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Seiten	575-580
Seitenumfang	6
ISBN (Print)	9783031210464
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21047-1_52
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 2022
Veranstaltung	24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence, iiWAS 2022, held in conjunction with the 20th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia Intelligence, MoMM 2022 - Virtual, Online Dauer: 28 Nov. 2022 → 30 Nov. 2022

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Band	13635 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (elektronisch)	1611-3349

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Konferenz	24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence, iiWAS 2022, held in conjunction with the 20th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia Intelligence, MoMM 2022
Ort	Virtual, Online
Zeitraum	28/11/22 → 30/11/22

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Kara, A. C., Dobrijevic, I., Öztas, E., Mooseder, A., Ghawi, R., & Pfeffer, J. (2022). Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter. in E. Pardede, P. Delir Haghighi, I. Khalil, & G. Kotsis (Hrsg.), Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings (S. 575-580). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Band 13635 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21047-1_52

Kara, Anil Can ; Dobrijevic, Ivana ; Öztas, Emre et al. / Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter. Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Eric Pardede ; Pari Delir Haghighi ; Ismail Khalil ; Gabriele Kotsis. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. S. 575-580 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Kara, AC, Dobrijevic, I, Öztas, E, Mooseder, A, Ghawi, R & Pfeffer, J 2022, Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter. in E Pardede, P Delir Haghighi, I Khalil & G Kotsis (Hrsg.), Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Bd. 13635 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, S. 575-580, 24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence, iiWAS 2022, held in conjunction with the 20th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia Intelligence, MoMM 2022, Virtual, Online, 28/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21047-1_52

Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter. / Kara, Anil Can; Dobrijevic, Ivana; Öztas, Emre et al.
Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Eric Pardede; Pari Delir Haghighi; Ismail Khalil; Gabriele Kotsis. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. S. 575-580 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Band 13635 LNCS).

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Kara AC, Dobrijevic I, Öztas E, Mooseder A, Ghawi R, Pfeffer J. Central Figures in the Climate Change Discussion on Twitter. in Pardede E, Delir Haghighi P, Khalil I, Kotsis G, Hrsg., Information Integration and Web Intelligence - 24th International Conference, iiWAS 2022, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. S. 575-580. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21047-1_52