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New research quantifies climate backlash on Twitter and Reddit

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A new research paper published on arXiv explores the complexities of measuring climate backlash on social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit. The study introduces refined lexical definitions and analyzes response patterns and participant turnover within these archives. It highlights how different platforms and specific language choices, such as renewable energy terms versus cost-related language on Reddit, can significantly alter the interpretation of climate discourse and backlash. AI

IMPACT Provides a framework for analyzing online discourse related to climate change, potentially informing AI-driven sentiment analysis tools.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a single academic paper published on arXiv. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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New research quantifies climate backlash on Twitter and Reddit

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Wentao Xu ·

    Measuring climate backlash in Twitter and Reddit archives: Lexical definitions, recorded responses and participant turnover

    arXiv:2610.07634v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Social media archives are often used to study resistance to climate action, but words, response counters and observed participants do not measure the same social process. We examine four supplied Twitter and Reddit archives by proce…

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