Differentiation and unity: A Cross-platform Comparison Analysis of Online Posts’ Semantics of the Russian–Ukrainian War Based on Weibo and Twitter

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI:10.1177/20570473231165563

W. Tao, Yingtong Peng

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Abstract

The current Russian–Ukrainian War sparked a new wave of misinformation across social media. However, there is a lack of cross-platform research approaches around war events. This article followed the path of comparative media analysis. We used a three-step method from Triangulation theory and gathered 309,260 relevant posts from both the Twitter and Weibo platforms. We found that (1) Weibo posts are synchronized with Chinese mainstream media, and there is an “Amplification” phenomenon; Twitter posts are delicate and provocative from the perspective of individual encounters; (2) the topics of Weibo are “wide and scattered,” together to form a panoramic broadcast of the conflict. While topics of Twitter formed a condemnation around the invasion war; (3) the positive and negative emotion volume has gone through three stages: “Confrontation,” “Polarization,” and “Extension” with the development of the war. Finally, though the two social media fields present different characteristics, the call for humanitarianism and peace constitutes the unity of public opinion.

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分化与统一:基于微博与推特的俄乌战争网络帖子语义的跨平台比较分析

当前的俄乌战争在社交媒体上引发了新一波错误信息。然而，围绕战争事件缺乏跨平台的研究方法。本文遵循比较媒介分析的路径。我们使用三角测量理论中的三步法，从Twitter和微博平台上收集了309260条相关帖子。研究发现:(1)微博内容与中国主流媒体同步，存在“放大”现象;从个人遭遇的角度来看，Twitter上的帖子微妙而具有挑衅性;(2)微博的话题“广而散”，共同构成了冲突的全景直播。虽然推特上的话题形成了对侵略战争的谴责;(3)随着战争的发展，正负情绪量经历了“对抗”、“极化”和“延伸”三个阶段。最后，虽然两个社交媒体领域呈现出不同的特点，但对人道主义与和平的呼吁构成了舆论的统一性。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.