What Makes a Climate Change Denier Popular? Exploring Networked Social Influence in a Disinformation Spreader Group

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dc.contributor.authorYang, Aimei
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:39:13Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:39:13Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.341
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.otherb3c3bbb3-25b1-457f-ae3d-91640e1abcf9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/106724
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Media Influencers and Influencing
dc.subjectclimate change denial
dc.subjectdisinformation networks
dc.subjectmachine learning
dc.subjectnetworked social influence
dc.titleWhat Makes a Climate Change Denier Popular? Exploring Networked Social Influence in a Disinformation Spreader Group
dc.typeConference Paper
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dcterms.abstractThis study examines the networked social influence within a climate change deniers' network. Focusing on social-mediated information-sharing networks, the research addresses two key questions: 1) who are the top influencers within the climate change denial community? And 2) what mechanisms contribute to the levels of influence among deniers? Using a machine-learning-based algorithm, the study quantifies levels of social influence for all members of a climate change denial network over a decade. The findings reveal that a core group of deniers maintains significant influence by spreading disinformation related to social and economic consequences of environmental policies, attacking opposition, and questioning climate change science. Among the four types of deniers, conservative media outlets have the most influence.
dcterms.extent9 pages
prism.startingpage2824

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