Climate Change Emotions on YouTube: The Case of Before the Flood

• 발행기관: 한국자료분석학회
• 저자명: Xanat Vargas Meza Matthew Shapiro 박한우(Han Woo Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society (JKDAS)』Vol.20 No.4, 1697~1708쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 자연과학 > 통계학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.08.31

영문 초록

This study examines public comments on the trailer for Before the Flood, a climate change-oriented documentary released in October 2016. Through webometrics, semantic and sentiment analyses, emotions related to climate change were explored. Sentiment analysis of comments on videos examined in previous studies was compared with a sentiment analysis of post-video comments for Before the Flood. Relevant influencers on the comment network were identified, their discourse analyzed in depth, and the results showed an acute politicization of comments, partly due to the electoral campaign ongoing in the United States; while usage of scientific terms decreased. Influential users tended to express polarized views in favor or against the view that climate change is real. However, sentiment regarding climate change remained stable. This study contributes to the intersection of webometrics with environmental psychology as a useful tool to analyze media, particularly if it is targeted to a global audience.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Literature review

3. Methodology

4. Results

5. Discussion and Conclusion

References

키워드

climate change environmental psychology political psychology webometrics YouTube