Hopke Jill E, Simis Molly
DePaul University, USA.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Public Underst Sci. 2017 Jan;26(1):105-120. doi: 10.1177/0963662515607725. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
High-volume hydraulic fracturing, a drilling simulation technique commonly referred to as "fracking," is a contested technology. In this article, we explore discourse over hydraulic fracturing and the shale industry on the social media platform Twitter during a period of heightened public contention regarding the application of the technology. We study the relative prominence of negative messaging about shale development in relation to pro-shale messaging on Twitter across five hashtags (#fracking, #globalfrackdown, #natgas, #shale, and #shalegas). We analyze the top actors tweeting using the #fracking hashtag and receiving @mentions with the hashtag. Results show statistically significant differences in the sentiment about hydraulic fracturing and shale development across the five hashtags. In addition, results show that the discourse on the main contested hashtag #fracking is dominated by activists, both individual activists and organizations. The highest proportion of tweeters, those posting messages using the hashtag #fracking, were individual activists, while the highest proportion of @mention references went to activist organizations.
大规模水力压裂法，一种通常被称为“压裂”的钻井模拟技术，是一项存在争议的技术。在本文中，我们探讨了在公众对该技术应用的争议加剧期间，社交媒体平台推特上有关水力压裂法和页岩产业的讨论。我们研究了在五个主题标签（#压裂、#全球压裂抵制、#天然气、#页岩和#页岩气）下，推特上关于页岩开发的负面信息与支持页岩的信息的相对突出程度。我们分析了使用#压裂主题标签发推并收到带有该主题标签的@提及的主要参与者。结果显示，在这五个主题标签下，关于水力压裂法和页岩开发的情绪存在统计学上的显著差异。此外，结果表明，关于主要争议主题标签#压裂的讨论由活动人士主导，包括个体活动人士和组织。使用#压裂主题标签发推的推特用户中，比例最高的是个体活动人士，而@提及引用比例最高的是活动组织。
