Online Media Tools for Engaging Stakeholders andSupporting Climate Change Action

Climate Change Collaboratorywww.ecoresearch.net/triple-c

Prof Arno ScharlMODUL University ViennaDepartment of New Media Technology

Social Media Fortune 1000News

Climate Change Coverage

Project Deliverables

MAJOR GOALS OFTRIPLE-C

• Manage ClimateChange Knowledge

• Support StakeholderCommunication andCollaboration

• Provide AlternativeInstruments for theSocial Sciences

Climate Quiz

Climate Quiz

• Identify major topics associated with climate change by different stakeholder groups:environmental organizations, news media, companies (Fortune 1000), and social media like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google+

• Compute attention and sentiment (positive vs. negative) towards climate-related topics

• Visualize semantic and geographic trends by stakeholder group, and investigate the drivers and impacts of these trends

• Create shared meaning and improve understanding of how others perceive climate change-related topics

Content Analysis