The rise of #climateaction in the time of the FridaysForFuture movement: A semantic network analysis

Suitner, Caterina; Badia, Leonardo; Clementel, Damiano; Iacovissi, Laura; Migliorini, Matteo; Casara, Bruno Gabriel Salvador; Solimini, D.; Formanowicz, Magdalena; Erseghe, Tomaso

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2022.06.003

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“…Second, the dictionary-based approach has drawbacks, including not indicating who the semantic agentic and communal words refer to (e.g., toward self vs. others). Although it is the most up-to-date methodology applied in semantic agency detection (Suitner et al, 2022), further studies may use a different approach, such as machine learning, to address this limitation.…”

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“…Importantly, these dictionaries were developed with the aforementioned agency and communion framework in mind (cf. Pietraszkiewicz et al, 2019, Appendix) and have been proven effective in identifying agency and communion from natural language in multiple contexts (e.g., gender or occupational stereotypes; Pietraszkiewicz et al, 2019; or climate action narratives; Suitner et al, 2022).…”

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Verbs Are Associated With Agency

Pietraszkiewicz,

Formanowicz

2023

Social Psychology

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Abstract. Agency and communion comprise the big two of social perception, with agency in general denoting goal orientation and communion orientation toward others. Both dimensions can be coded and detected in language through agentic and communal words, however, only agency through lexical classes, namely verbs. This research examines whether the link between semantic and lexical agency occurs in natural language, as past research was limited to pseudowords or single words. Using existing databases, Study 1 found that people rated verbs as more agentic than nouns. Using large textual datasets, Study 2 found verb use to be positively related to agentic – but not communal word – use. These findings contribute to the identification of agency in language and indicate its importance in social cognition.

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Verbs Are Associated With Agency

Pietraszkiewicz,

Formanowicz

2023

Social Psychology

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“…Hashtags encourage people to alter their behavior to suit the meaning of that hashtag as they are used to encourage conversations around similar topics (Cunha et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2016). There are many examples in which "real world" collective action has ensued from online activism, such as the #MeToo movement, whereby the use of hashtags has found an encouragement to act and promote these specific events, and perhaps a more infamous recent example of how a former U.S. President's tweets were attributed to Far-Right protesters subsequently terrorizing the Capitol Building in Washington, DC (Suitner et al, 2013). Hashtags and other online cues, which can promote collective identity should not be considered insignificant in social and political discourse and action (see Priante et al, 2018, for a review of collective action via computer-mediated communication).…”

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Supplemental Material for Using Twitter data to explore public discourse to antiracism movements.

Walker¹,

Kaye²

2022

Technology, Mind, and Behavior

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We used public Twitter data to explore Black Lives Matter (BLM)-related hashtags to explore collectivism and sentiment categories. Tweets containing BLM hashtags were collected at two time points; during Black History Month (BHM) and a non-BHM. At each time point, two data extractions were performed; one searching tweets containing BHM hashtags and another without. A 2 × 2 design was used to assess BHM hashtag and time point on emotional tone and personal pronoun use. Findings showed main effects of hashtag on all variables. Hashtags promoted greater use of collective pronouns, lesser use of singular pronouns, greater positivity, and lesser negative tone. Time point had no effect on plural pronoun use, and impacted differentially on emotional tone depending on hashtag use. Positive associations were found between plural pronoun use and positive tone but only when hashtags were used. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of online discourse to understand collectivism and sentiment in respect of antiracism movements.

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“…We conclude this overview of studies adopting quantitative approaches with a recent semantic network analysis of tweets posted between 2017 and 2019 with "neutral" hashtags such as "#climate", "#environment", and "#climatechange" (Suitner et al 2022). By applying a community detection procedure on the collected data, a ranked list of communities (or topics) was identified showing that the top is occupied by a "climate action" communitythat is, "#climateaction" and related hashtags.…”

Section: Quantitative Studies Of Environmental Activism On Social Mediamentioning

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Community and identity in environmental activism on Twitter: A discourse-based approach

Koteyko,

Atanasova

2023

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Online communities play an integral role in understanding environmental activist identities. Using #climatestrikeonline tweets as a case study we discuss the benefits of applying the framework of digital pragmatics (under the umbrella of discourse analysis) to study the repositories of online media texts that share the attributes of both interpersonal and mass communication (Koteyko, Nerlich, and Hellsten 2015). Our analysis draws on two arguments central to discourse-based approaches: (1) that social meanings must be analysed across different modes (e.g., by including visuals) and (2) that analysis of digital artefacts needs to consider both their content features and the contexts in which they emerge. We demonstrate how using digital pragmatics to study networked communication about climate change can help us understand how engagement and collaboration are achieved in online communities of practice.

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The rise of #climateaction in the time of the FridaysForFuture movement: A semantic network analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 83 publications

Verbs Are Associated With Agency

Verbs Are Associated With Agency

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Community and identity in environmental activism on Twitter: A discourse-based approach

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