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2. Crowdsourcing change: An analysis of Twitter discourse on food waste and reduction strategies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Specht, Annie R. (author), Buck, Emily R. (author), and Ohio State University The Ohio State University Association for Communication Excellence
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10432
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(2)
- Notes:
- 17 pages., Via online journal., Food waste has emerged as a major issue in the United States as the nation collectively sends more than 133 billion pounds of food to its landfills every year. In September 2015, the USDA and EPA announced an initiative to cut U.S. food waste in half by 2030. Between 2015 and 2016, nearly 100,000 posts about food waste have been published on Twitter, a microblogging platform that has been a hub of “slacktivism” since its inception in 2006. Using a conceptual framework of social cognitive theory, online activism, and crowdsourcing, we analyzed food waste conversation participants’ demographics, online communities, and proposed solutions. Data analysis was conducted with listening software Sysomos MAP and a qualitative content analysis of conversation content. The analysis revealed that more than 2,000 U.S. users engaged in the conversation, forming four discrete conversation communities led by influencers from government, news media, and environmental organizations. Proposed solutions to the food waste crisis included domestic or household behavior change, food-waste diversion and donation, recycling and upcycling, consumer education, and governmental action and policy. We recommend using Twitter to mine, test, and deploy solutions for combating food waste; engage with influential users; and disseminate materials for further research into the behavioral implications of online activism related to food waste.
3. Public microblogging on climate change: one year of Twitter worldwide
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kirilenko, Andrei (author) and Stepchenkova, Svetlana O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05708
- Journal Title:
- Global Environmental Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 26 : 171-182
4. The difficulties in using social media for extreme weather emergencies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hibberd, Matthew (author) and Buchanan, Margot (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Vietnam
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05710
- Journal Title:
- Sociologia e Politiche Sociali
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(2) : 127-137
- Notes:
- Findings suggest that social media seem more useful to disseminating information rather than allowing people to make full sense of the full economic and political impact extreme weather will bring.
5. The potential of microblogs for the study of public perceptions of climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Auer, Matthew R. (author), Zhang, Yuman (author), and Lee, Priscilla (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05704
- Journal Title:
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(3) : 291-296
- Notes:
- Authors examine the dilemma created by the "oversimplifying or biased framings and pronouncements by celebrities" and the frequent use of microblogs to persuade and be persuaded.