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ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100896
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Biomass energy; Media discourse; Social perception; SPEED framework; Word network
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This study examines the impact of media discourse on social perceptions towards biomass energy utilization in different economic areas of China, using free-expression surveys and social network analysis. The findings reveal the crucial factors influencing social perceptions and provide insights for communication and implementation strategies in biomass energy deployment.
Media discourse reflects and shapes social and public opinion, which is crucial to the policy-making and energy system deployment. In this study, we focus on exploring the impact of media discourse on social perceptions towards biomass energy utilization in the different economic areas of China via free-expression surveys guided by the framework of socio-political evaluation of energy deployment (SPEED), which are posted and promoted in social networks. A systematical benefit-risk analysis in each SPEED framework has been discussed. Responses to the survey questions regarding the impact of media discourse on social perceptions towards biomass energy utilization in each SPEED benefit-risk framework are processed by natural language processing, and then analyzed via the word network model in social network services where several network-based indices are computed. The hidden keywords addressing the impact of media discourse on social perceptions towards biomass energy utilization are revealed. This study is to serve the public communication and implementation strategies on biomass energy deployment and utilization, and unveil the often-overlooked social influences affecting energy system change.
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