Exploring the Relationship between Social Construction and Social Media Participation

• In Event: JSS 3
  In JSS Session: Elite Discourse in Environmental Politics

Brief Overview

Using an automated approach, we assess social constructions of hydraulic fracturing industry and activist groups in news articles and Twitter feeds to explore the relationship between social construction and participation.

Authors

• Laura Wolton, University of Colorado Denver

• Daniel Paul Costie, University of Colorado Denver