Characterising climate change discourse on social media during extreme weather events

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 54, Issue , 2019, Pages 50-60

  Roxburgh, Nicholas ^a   Guan, Dabo ^b,e   Shin, Kong Joo ^c   Rand, William ^d   Managi, Shunsuke ^c   Lovelace, Robin ^a   Meng, Jing ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Urban & Environmental Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme weather; Public perception; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85057257674     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.11.004     Document Type: Article

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