Assessing views towards energy sources with social media data: The case of nuclear energy in the UAE

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dc.contributor.authorContu, Davide
dc.contributor.authorElshareif, Elgilani Eltahir
dc.contributor.authorGurrib, Ikhlaas
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-24T12:26:42Z
dc.date.available2021-11-24T12:26:42Z
dc.date.copyright© 2021
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.descriptionThis article is licensed under Creative Commons License and full text is openly accessible in CUD Digital Repository. The version of the scholarly record of this article is published in Processes (2021), accessible online through this link https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9111945en_US
dc.description.abstractInsights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data given in response to posts around the connection to the grid of a nuclear plant reactor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assessed comments on Facebook posts of local and international media, as well those written in response to a post of a social media influencer. We extracted the main themes and performed sentiment analysis. The results indicate the presence of mixed views towards nuclear energy when focusing on comments on international media’s posts as well as on the social media influencer’s post considered, whilst they were very positive when assessing comments to local media. All in all, nuclear waste and previous nuclear accidents appear to be as the top of the mind; at the same time, solar energy is often suggested in the comments as a viable energy source for the UAE. Implications for the communication of nuclear energy developments in social media are discussed. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.identifier.citationContu, D., Elshareif, E. E., & Gurrib, I. (2021). Assessing views towards energy sources with social media data: The case of nuclear energy in the UAE. Processes, 9(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9111945en_US
dc.identifier.issn22279717
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/pr9111945
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/469
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relationAuthors Affiliations : Contu, D., Faculty of Management, Canadian University Dubai, P.O. Box 415053, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Elshareif, E.E., Faculty of Management, Canadian University Dubai, P.O. Box 415053, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Gurrib, I., Faculty of Management, Canadian University Dubai, P.O. Box 415053, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProcesses;Volume 9, Issue 11
dc.rights.holderCopyright : © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectNuclear energyen_US
dc.subjectRenewable energyen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.titleAssessing views towards energy sources with social media data: The case of nuclear energy in the UAEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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