Media coverage of climate change: Difference between revisions

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Compared to what experts know about traditional media's and tabloid journalism's impacts on the formation of public perceptions of climate change and willingness to act, there is comparatively little knowledge of the impacts of social media, including message platforms like Twitter, on public attitudes toward climate change.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Auer M.|title=The Potential of Microblogs for the Study of Public Perceptions of Climate Change|journal=WIREs Climate Change|date=2014| doi=10.1002/wcc.273|display-authors=etal|volume=5|issue=3|pages=291–296|bibcode=2014WIRCC...5..291A |s2cid=129809371 }}</ref>

In recent years, there has been an increase in the influence and role that [[social media]] plays in conveying opinions and knowledge through information sharing. There are several emerging studies that explore the connection between social media and the public's awareness of climate change. Anderson found that there is evidence that [[social media]] can raise awareness of climate change issues, but warns that it can also lead to opinion-dominated ideologies and reinforcement.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Ashley A.|date=2017-03-29|title=Effects of Social Media Use on Climate Change Opinion, Knowledge, and Behavior|url=https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-369|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science|language=en|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.369|isbn=978-0-19-022862-0|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421025803/https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-369|url-status=live}}</ref> Another study examined datasets from [[Twitter]] to assess the ideas and attitudes that users of the application held toward climate change.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|date=2015-05-01|title=Network analysis reveals open forums and echo chambers in social media discussions of climate change|journal=Global Environmental Change|language=en|volume=32|pages=126–138|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.006|issn=0959-3780|doi-access=free|last1=Williams|first1=Hywel T.P.|last2=McMurray|first2=James R.|last3=Kurz|first3=Tim|last4=Hugo Lambert|first4=F.|hdl=10871/17565|hdl-access=free}}</ref> Williams et al. found that users tend to be active in groups that share the same opinions, often at the extremes of the spectrum, resulting in less polarized opinions between the groups.<ref name=":3" /> These studies show that [[social media]] can have both a negative and positive impact on the information sharing of issues related to climate change.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

=== Youth awareness and activism ===