Wang Z H, Zhao W H, Wang B, Liu J, Xu S L, Zhang B, Sun Y F, Shi H, Guan D B
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Research Center for Sustainable Development and Intelligent Decision, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
iScience. 2022 May 25;25(6):104460. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104460. eCollection 2022 Jun 17.
Air pollution seriously threatens human health, and its consequences are particularly prevalent among environmentally vulnerable or sensitive groups. However, whether the concerns among these groups are different and how they affect air pollution governance remain unclear. Here, we extract 3.8 million haze-related posts from China's Sina Weibo and analyze the concerns raised by these groups by constructing an air pollution notability index. The results show that protection is the key theme for women aged 20-35 years, while elderly individuals are easily influenced by haze-related product ads yet lack awareness of scientific-based protection. Concerns shared by young individuals are more effective in pressuring the government in cities that experience higher levels of pollution. Concerns shared by women are more effective in cities that experience lower levels of pollution. This study evidences the influence of the public concerns conveyed via social media on air pollution governance in China.
空气污染严重威胁人类健康，其后果在环境脆弱或敏感群体中尤为普遍。然而，这些群体的担忧是否存在差异以及它们如何影响空气污染治理仍不明确。在此，我们从中国新浪微博中提取了380万条与雾霾相关的帖子，并通过构建空气污染关注度指数来分析这些群体提出的担忧。结果表明，保护是20至35岁女性的关键主题，而老年人容易受到与雾霾相关产品广告的影响，但缺乏基于科学的保护意识。年轻人表达的担忧在污染程度较高的城市对政府施压更有效。女性表达的担忧在污染程度较低的城市更有效。本研究证明了通过社交媒体传达的公众担忧对中国空气污染治理的影响。
