Content hubs, information flows, and reactions for pesticide-related discussions on Twitter/X.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides are essential in modern agriculture for controlling pests and enhancing food production. However, concerns about their human and environmental health impacts have broadened discussions on their use, regulation, ethics, and sustainability. Scientific research, media coverage, and input from corporations, governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) shape public opinions and potentially influence regulatory decisions. This project analyzed pesticide-related discussions on Twitter/X from 2013 to 2022, focusing on information influence and propagation among individuals and organizations, advancing over prior research that looked at topic frequency, trends, and geography. Using a validated snowball sampling method, we collected over 3 million tweets from 1 million users and

SUBMITTER: Zhou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12047019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature