Gender differences in the climate change communication on Twitter

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出版年:Internet Research vol. 25, no. 5 (2015), p. 811-828
第一著者: Holmberg, Kim
その他の著者: Hellsten, Iina
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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100 1 |a Holmberg, Kim  |u Department of Organization Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsANDResearch Unit for the Sociology of Education, University of Turku, Turku, Finland 
245 1 |a Gender differences in the climate change communication on Twitter 
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520 3 |a Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a study about gender differences in the climate change communication on Twitter and in the use of affordances on Twitter. Design/methodology/approach – The data set consists of about 250,000 tweets and retweets for which the authors’ gender was identified. While content of tweets and hashtags used were analysed for common topics and specific contexts, the usernames that were proportionately more frequently mentioned by either male or female tweeters were coded according to the usernames’ stance in the climate change debate into convinced (that climate change is caused by humans), sceptics, neutrals and unclear groups, and according to the type or role of the user account (e.g. campaign, organization, private person). Findings – The results indicate that overall male and female tweeters use very similar language in their tweets, but clear differences were observed in the use of hashtags and usernames, with female tweeters mentioning significantly more campaigns and organizations with a convinced attitude towards anthropogenic impact on climate change, while male tweeters mention significantly more private persons and usernames with a sceptical stance. The differences were even greater when retweets and duplicate tweets by the same author were removed from the data, indicating how retweeting can significantly influence the results. Practical implications – On a theoretical level the results increase the understanding for how women and men view and engage with climate change. This has practical implications for organizations interested in developing communication strategies for reaching and engaging female and male audiences on Twitter. While female tweeters can be targeted via local campaigns and news media, male tweeters seem to follow more political and scientific information. The results from the present research also showed that more research about the meaning of retweeting is needed, as the authors have shown how retweets can have a significant impact on the results. Originality/value – The findings contribute towards increased understanding of both gender differences in the climate change debate and in social media use in general. Beyond that this research showed how retweeting may have a significant impact on research where tweets are used as a data source. 
610 4 |a X Corp (twitter) 
653 |a Gender differences 
653 |a Gender aspects 
653 |a Climate change 
653 |a Human influences 
653 |a News media 
653 |a Greenhouse effect 
653 |a Organizations 
653 |a Digital media 
653 |a Social networks 
653 |a Research methodology 
653 |a Application programming interface 
653 |a Communication 
653 |a Emissions 
653 |a Debates 
653 |a Linguistics 
653 |a Women 
653 |a Attitudes 
653 |a Energy consumption 
653 |a Social sciences 
653 |a User behavior 
653 |a Females 
653 |a Males 
653 |a Campaigns 
653 |a Research 
653 |a Skepticism 
653 |a Discourse strategies 
653 |a Communication strategies 
653 |a Computer mediated communication 
653 |a Data 
653 |a Social media 
653 |a Mass media 
653 |a Writers 
653 |a Local Issues 
653 |a Climate 
700 1 |a Hellsten, Iina  |u Department of Organizations Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
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