Polarisation and echo chambers? Making sense of the climate issue with social media in everyday life

Moe, Hallvard; Lindtner, Synnøve Skarsbø; Ytre-Arne, Brita

doi:10.2478/nor-2023-0002

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“…At the same time as studying news in the early pandemic, we conducted a separate qualitative study to explore how people in Norway make sense of climate issues through media (Moe et al, 2023). Here, we also found narratives of changing news habits over time, in fluctuation with views on the continued existence of the world as we know it – but these narratives did not have a shared starting point.…”

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“… 1. Altogether, we build on three different studies with distinct data sets, all including in-depth informant interviews with Norwegian media users: a 2016 study of public connection (Ytre-Arne and Moe, 2018 for details on data and methods), a 2020 study of news use during the COVID-19 pandemic (Ytre-Arne, 2023 for details on data and methods) and a 2020 study of media use and negotiations of the climate crisis (Moe et al, 2023 for details on data and methods). …”

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Ritual check-in, shocked immersion, regained stability: A sequential typology of news experiences in crisis situations

Moe

Nærland

Ytre-Arne

2023

Media, Culture & Society

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This short paper discusses people’s news experiences before, during and after societal crisis situations, contributing with a sequential typology outlining the three phases ritual check-in, shocked immersion and regained stability. Theoretically, we draw on classical contributions to media studies and sociology, particularly the concepts of ritual communication and ontological security. Empirically, we build on qualitative interview studies with news audiences in Norway, spanning 5 years and different crisis cases including political turmoil, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. We underline the significance of emotional distancing to regain stability, and identify crises lacking start- and endpoints as particularly difficult to navigate. These insights should instigate further debate about our understanding of news audiences in a tumultuous world, particularly relevant to scholarship on news use and avoidance.

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Ritual check-in, shocked immersion, regained stability: A sequential typology of news experiences in crisis situations

Moe

Nærland

Ytre-Arne

2023

Media, Culture & Society

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The 2018 Brazilian Presidential Run-Off: A Complex Network Analysis Approach Using Twitter Data

Cruz,

Quiles

2024

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Misinformation About Climate Change and Related Environmental Events on Social Media: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Vivion,

Trottier,

Bouhêlier

et al. 2024

JMIR Res Protoc

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Background Climate change and related environmental events represent major global challenges and are often accompanied by the spread of misinformation on social media. According to previous reviews, the dissemination of this misinformation on various social media platforms requires deeper exploration. Moreover, the findings reported applied mainly to the context of the United States, limiting the possibility of extending the results to other settings. Objective This study aims to assess the current state of knowledge about misinformation concerning climate change and related environmental events that are circulating on social media. More specifically, we will explore past and current themes, actors, and sources, and the dissemination of this misinformation within the Canadian context. Methods This scoping review protocol follows the methodological approach developed by Arksey and O’Malley and advanced by Levac, complemented by the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) checklist and the best practice guidance for the development of scoping review protocols. Following the identification of the research questions and assisted by a specialized librarian, we developed search strategies for selected bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and GreenFILE) and for gray literature (Google and pertinent databases) searches. Bibliographic and gray literature will be searched to identify relevant publications. In total, 2 members of our team will use the review software Covidence (Veritas Health Innovation) to independently select publications to include in the review. Publications specifically addressing our research questions, peer-reviewed, evidence-based, and published from January 1, 2000, in the full-text version in English or French will be included. Data will be extracted from the included publications to chart, among other items, the years of publication, geographic areas, themes, actors, and sources of the climate change–related misinformation and conclusions reported. Our team will then synthesize the extracted data to articulate the current state of knowledge relating to our research inquiries. Results The research questions were identified in January 2024. The search strategies were developed from January to March 2024 for MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science and in July 2024 for GreenFILE and gray literature. MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science searches were launched on March 26, 2024. The first of 2 rounds of selection of publications identified through these databases was achieved in April 2024. Conclusions This protocol will enable us to identify the evolution of themes, actors, and sources of misinformation regarding climate change and related environmental events on social media, including the latest platforms, and to potentially identify a context particular to Canada. As misinformation is known to undermine actions and public support in the fight against climate change, we intend to facilitate the targeting of efforts to combat misinformation related to climate change in an up-to-date and contextualized manner. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/59345

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Polarisation and echo chambers? Making sense of the climate issue with social media in everyday life

Cited by 4 publications

References 51 publications

Ritual check-in, shocked immersion, regained stability: A sequential typology of news experiences in crisis situations

Ritual check-in, shocked immersion, regained stability: A sequential typology of news experiences in crisis situations

The 2018 Brazilian Presidential Run-Off: A Complex Network Analysis Approach Using Twitter Data

Misinformation About Climate Change and Related Environmental Events on Social Media: Protocol for a Scoping Review

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