Mapping the Climate Change Landscape on TikTok
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| author | Galdeman, Alessia Aiello, Luca Maria |
| author_facet | Galdeman, Alessia Aiello, Luca Maria |
| contents | Social media platforms shape climate action discourse. Mapping these online conversations is essential for effective communication strategies. TikTok's climate discussions are particularly relevant given its young, climate-concerned audience. In this work, we collect the first TikTok dataset on climate topics. We collected 590K videos from 14K creators along with their follower networks. By applying topic modeling to the video descriptions, we map the topics discussed on the platform on a climate taxonomy that we construct by consolidating existing categorizations. Results show TikTok creators primarily approach climate through the angle of lifestyle and dietary choices. By examining semantic connections between topics, we identified non-climate "gateway" topics that could draw new audiences into climate discussions. |
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| spellingShingle | Mapping the Climate Change Landscape on TikTok Galdeman, Alessia Aiello, Luca Maria Social and Information Networks Computers and Society Social media platforms shape climate action discourse. Mapping these online conversations is essential for effective communication strategies. TikTok's climate discussions are particularly relevant given its young, climate-concerned audience. In this work, we collect the first TikTok dataset on climate topics. We collected 590K videos from 14K creators along with their follower networks. By applying topic modeling to the video descriptions, we map the topics discussed on the platform on a climate taxonomy that we construct by consolidating existing categorizations. Results show TikTok creators primarily approach climate through the angle of lifestyle and dietary choices. By examining semantic connections between topics, we identified non-climate "gateway" topics that could draw new audiences into climate discussions. |
| title | Mapping the Climate Change Landscape on TikTok |
| topic | Social and Information Networks Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03813 |