Understanding Public Perspectives on Fracking in the United States using Social Media Big Data.

ABSTRACT: People's attitudes toward hydraulic fracturing (i.e., "fracking") to extract fossil fuels can be shaped by factors associated with socio-demographics, economic development, social equity and politics, environmental impacts, and fracking-related information obtainment. Existing research typically conducts surveys and interviews to study public attitudes toward fracking among a small group of individuals in a specific geographic area, where limited samples may introduce bias. Here, we compiled geo-referenced social media big data from Twitter during 2018-2019 for the entire United States to present a more holistic picture of people's attitudes toward fracking. We used a multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) to investigate county-level relationships between the aforementioned f

SUBMITTER: Gong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038223 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature