Measuring climate backlash in Twitter and Reddit archives: Lexical definitions, recorded responses and participant turnover
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 processing all registered files without sampling and applying transparent, non-exclusive lexical rules. The study links frame co-occurrence to source-specific temporal and response models, then separates event-period changes among returning authors from participant turnover. Renewable-energy terms accompany cost-related language on Reddit, yet narrower backlash phrases sharply reduce cross-source contrasts and reverse the sign of the Paris Agreement contrast in subm...
| Authors | Wentao Xu |
|---|---|
| Primary category | cs.AI |
| Published | 6 October 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 6 October 2026 |
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