Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s
Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement

J 2025

Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement

SVOZIL, Martin; Antti GRONOW a Petr OCELÍK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement

Autoři

SVOZIL, Martin ; Antti GRONOW a Petr OCELÍK

Vydání

Environmental Communication, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, 1752-4032

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.100 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Political polarization; socialmedia; Paris Agreement; partisanship; climateskepticism

Štítky

14231017, 14235040, EV_FSS25, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 2. 2026 17:06, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Donald Trump’s announcement on 1 June 2017 to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement triggered public debate, potentially revealing patterns of climate change polarization. Political polarization refers to differences in opinions and political beliefs and it has been extensively studied on social media, but remains less explored in response to specific events. We study the Czech Twitter debate to demonstrate the event’s impact on the interaction patterns of partisan, elite (policy-shaping actors outside social media), and non-elite (public) users. The event increased opinion divergence between ideological supporters and opponents, thus increasing polarization. Typically, belief homophily, interacting with like-minded users, accompanies polarization; here, it didn’t increase due to expanded debate and resulting heterophilous interactions. Non-elite users drove polarization, likely following elite cues since elite users were extremely polarized already before the event. The event revealed a bipolar interaction pattern emerging afterward, likely indicating a latent coalition structure.

Návaznosti

GA25-17796S, projekt VaV

Název: Sledování politické změny: Jak politické sítě ovlivňují tvorbu české klimatické politiky?

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Sledování politické změny: Jak politické sítě ovlivňují tvorbu české klimatické politiky?

MUNI/A/1665/2024, interní kód MU

Název: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VII

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VII

Přiložené soubory

Climate_Polarization_on_Czech_Social_Media_After_Trump_s_Announcement_to_Withdraw_the_US_from_the_Paris_Agreement.pdf

Citovat

SVOZIL, Martin; Antti GRONOW a Petr OCELÍK. Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. Environmental Communication. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2025, roč. 19, č. 4, s. 749-765. ISSN 1752-4032. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2025.2456230.

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SVOZIL, Martin; Antti GRONOW a Petr OCELÍK. Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. \textit{Environmental Communication}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2025, roč.~19, č.~4, s.~749-765. ISSN~1752-4032. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2025.2456230.

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