Public perceptions of climate change during the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from social media data in China

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作者
Wang, Yan [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Peng, Caiyang [1 ]
机构
[1] Nankai Univ, Sch Sociol, Tianjin, Peoples R China
[2] Nankai Univ, Sch Sociol, Dept Sociol, 38 Tongyan Rd, Tianjin 300353, Peoples R China
[3] Nankai Univ, Lab Computat Social Sci, 38 Tongyan Rd, Tianjin 300353, Peoples R China
关键词
Climate change; COVID-19; psychological distance; social media; the finite pool of worry; Bassin d'inqui & eacute; tude limit & eacute; changement climatique; Covid-19; distance psychologique; r & eacute; seaux sociaux; Cambio clim & aacute; tico; conjunto finito de preocupaciones; distancia psicol & oacute; gica; redes sociales; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE; ATTITUDES;
D O I
10.1177/00113921241248448
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
An emerging body of literature highlights the impact of crises and disasters in shaping climate change attitudes, yet the findings have been equivocal. The outbreak and spread of COVID-19 have posed great threats worldwide, but it also provides opportunities to explore the impact of crises in natural settings. Based on social media data in the early stage of the emergence of the pandemic in China, this study addresses the controversy and examines the extent to which the outburst of COVID-19 influences climate change attitudes. Frequency and popularity analyses of the posts suggest that public attention shifted toward the devastating impacts of the epidemic, whereas sentiment analyses indicate that the posts contain a more positive sentiment as people are more proactive in taking action to address climate change after the coronavirus outbreak. This study provides us with a more nuanced understanding of the underlying influencing factors of climate change attitudes and evaluates the implications of the pandemic and other uncertain events on environmental concerns. De nouvelles & eacute;tudes mettent en & eacute;vidence l'impact des crises et des catastrophes sur les attitudes & agrave; l'& eacute;gard du changement climatique, mais les r & eacute;sultats sont & eacute;quivoques. L'apparition et la propagation du Covid-19 ont fait peser de lourdes menaces dans le monde entier, mais elles offrent & eacute;galement l'occasion d'& eacute;tudier l'impact des crises dans des contextes naturels. Sur la base de donn & eacute;es des r & eacute;seaux sociaux au d & eacute;but de l'apparition de la pand & eacute;mie en Chine, la pr & eacute;sente & eacute;tude aborde cette question en examinant notamment dans quelle mesure l'& eacute;ruption du Covid-19 influence les attitudes & agrave; l'& eacute;gard du changement climatique. Les analyses de fr & eacute;quence et de popularit & eacute; des messages publi & eacute;s tendent & agrave; indiquer que l'attention du public s'est d & eacute;plac & eacute;e vers les effets d & eacute;vastateurs de l'& eacute;pid & eacute;mie, tandis que les analyses de sentiment indiquent que les messages publi & eacute;s contiennent un sentiment plus positif, les gens & eacute;tant plus enclins & agrave; prendre des initiatives pour lutter contre le changement climatique apr & egrave;s l'& eacute;pid & eacute;mie de coronavirus. Cette & eacute;tude nous permet de mieux comprendre les facteurs sous-jacents qui influencent les attitudes & agrave; l'& eacute;gard du changement climatique et d'& eacute;valuer les implications de la pand & eacute;mie et d'autres & eacute;v & eacute;nements incertains sur les pr & eacute;occupations environnementales. Un cuerpo emergente de literatura destaca el impacto de las crisis y los desastres en la configuraci & oacute;n de las actitudes hacia el cambio clim & aacute;tico, pero los hallazgos han sido equ & iacute;vocos. El brote y la propagaci & oacute;n de la COVID-19 han planteado grandes amenazas en todo el mundo, pero tambi & eacute;n brindan oportunidades para explorar el impacto de las crisis en entornos naturales. Basado en datos de las redes sociales en la etapa inicial del surgimiento de la pandemia en China, este estudio aborda esta cuesti & oacute;n examinando hasta qu & eacute; punto el estallido de la COVID-19 influye en las actitudes hacia el cambio clim & aacute;tico. Los an & aacute;lisis de la frecuencia y popularidad de los posts sugieren que la atenci & oacute;n p & uacute;blica se desplaz & oacute; hacia los impactos devastadores de la epidemia, mientras que los an & aacute;lisis de sentimiento indican que los posts contienen un sentimiento m & aacute;s positivo ya que las personas son m & aacute;s proactivas a la hora de tomar medidas para abordar el cambio clim & aacute;tico despu & eacute;s del brote de coronavirus. Este estudio nos proporciona una comprensi & oacute;n m & aacute;s matizada de los factores subyacentes que influyen en las actitudes hacia el cambio clim & aacute;tico, al tiempo que eval & uacute;a las implicaciones de la pandemia y otros eventos inciertos sobre las preocupaciones ambientales.
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