Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change?
Climate change is a pressing global issue with significant impacts on human health. This study used a digital surveillance system on Twitter to investigate Greek-speaking users’ sentiments and opinions regarding climate change’s effects on human health. The study utilized a set of 61 keywords to col...
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| author | Vasiliki-Athina Tyrologou Georgia Merkouriadi Ioanna Karefyllaki Nefeli Giannopoulou Marini Christos Markou Konstantinos Kesanopoulos Anastasia Barbouni |
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| description | Climate change is a pressing global issue with significant impacts on human health. This study used a digital surveillance system on Twitter to investigate Greek-speaking users’ sentiments and opinions regarding climate change’s effects on human health. The study utilized a set of 61 keywords to collect 2.774 tweets from the last decade, which were manually analyzed for content and user type. The analysis revealed that news outlets mainly published informational tweets, whereas personal accounts expressed attitudes, opinions, perceptions, and beliefs. Moreover, the study found that Greek-speaking Twitter users are actively discussing climate change, particularly its consequences on their health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff47b8b602c24558a3b3c8f09a881be12024-03-27T13:37:30ZengMDPI AGEnvironmental Sciences Proceedings2673-49312023-09-0126115410.3390/environsciproc2023026154Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change?Vasiliki-Athina Tyrologou0Georgia Merkouriadi1Ioanna Karefyllaki2Nefeli Giannopoulou Marini3Christos Markou4Konstantinos Kesanopoulos5Anastasia Barbouni6Special Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceSpecial Academic Unit for the Study of Smoking Behavior, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, GreeceClimate change is a pressing global issue with significant impacts on human health. This study used a digital surveillance system on Twitter to investigate Greek-speaking users’ sentiments and opinions regarding climate change’s effects on human health. The study utilized a set of 61 keywords to collect 2.774 tweets from the last decade, which were manually analyzed for content and user type. The analysis revealed that news outlets mainly published informational tweets, whereas personal accounts expressed attitudes, opinions, perceptions, and beliefs. Moreover, the study found that Greek-speaking Twitter users are actively discussing climate change, particularly its consequences on their health.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/154climate changepublic healthdigital surveillance systemssemantic analysisTwitter |
| spellingShingle | Vasiliki-Athina Tyrologou Georgia Merkouriadi Ioanna Karefyllaki Nefeli Giannopoulou Marini Christos Markou Konstantinos Kesanopoulos Anastasia Barbouni Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? Environmental Sciences Proceedings climate change public health digital surveillance systems semantic analysis |
| title | Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? |
| title_full | Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? |
| title_fullStr | Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? |
| title_short | Can Greek Twitter Provide Insight into the Users’ Opinions on the Adverse Effects on Health Caused by Climate Change? |
| title_sort | can greek twitter provide insight into the users opinions on the adverse effects on health caused by climate change |
| topic | climate change public health digital surveillance systems semantic analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/154 |
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