Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE

Insights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data gi...

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Autores principales:	Davide Contu, Elgilani Eltahir Elshareif, Ikhlaas Gurrib
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	climate change nuclear energy renewable energy social media Chemical technology TP1-1185 Chemistry QD1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1d1e89fbba574d65be0c3db72bf1d6fc2021-11-25T18:50:39ZAssessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE10.3390/pr91119452227-9717https://doaj.org/article/1d1e89fbba574d65be0c3db72bf1d6fc2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/9/11/1945https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9717Insights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data given in response to posts around the connection to the grid of a nuclear plant reactor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assessed comments on Facebook posts of local and international media, as well those written in response to a post of a social media influencer. We extracted the main themes and performed sentiment analysis. The results indicate the presence of mixed views towards nuclear energy when focusing on comments on international media’s posts as well as on the social media influencer’s post considered, whilst they were very positive when assessing comments to local media. All in all, nuclear waste and previous nuclear accidents appear to be as the top of the mind; at the same time, solar energy is often suggested in the comments as a viable energy source for the UAE. Implications for the communication of nuclear energy developments in social media are discussed.Davide ContuElgilani Eltahir ElshareifIkhlaas GurribMDPI AGarticleclimate changenuclear energyrenewable energysocial mediaChemical technologyTP1-1185ChemistryQD1-999ENProcesses, Vol 9, Iss 1945, p 1945 (2021)
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spellingShingle	climate change nuclear energy renewable energy social media Chemical technology TP1-1185 Chemistry QD1-999 Davide Contu Elgilani Eltahir Elshareif Ikhlaas Gurrib Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
description	Insights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data given in response to posts around the connection to the grid of a nuclear plant reactor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assessed comments on Facebook posts of local and international media, as well those written in response to a post of a social media influencer. We extracted the main themes and performed sentiment analysis. The results indicate the presence of mixed views towards nuclear energy when focusing on comments on international media’s posts as well as on the social media influencer’s post considered, whilst they were very positive when assessing comments to local media. All in all, nuclear waste and previous nuclear accidents appear to be as the top of the mind; at the same time, solar energy is often suggested in the comments as a viable energy source for the UAE. Implications for the communication of nuclear energy developments in social media are discussed.
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author	Davide Contu Elgilani Eltahir Elshareif Ikhlaas Gurrib
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title	Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
title_short	Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
title_full	Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
title_fullStr	Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE
title_sort	assessing views towards energy sources with social media data: the case of nuclear energy in the uae
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1d1e89fbba574d65be0c3db72bf1d6fc
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Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE

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