Building robust networks of trust in the Anthropocene. This project aims to inform an evaluation of discourse about global warming. Social media data will be collected to construct an international ne

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Building robust networks of trust in the Anthropocene. This project aims to inform an evaluation of discourse about global warming. Social media data will be collected to construct an international network that discusses global warming. Using both social network analysis (clustering, identification of central nodes) and natural language processing to identify climate skeptics and anti-immigrant sentiment, the project examines trust-related language in the network, enabling tracking of changes in discourse, identification of vectors of mistrust, and collocations of terms, hashtags, and emoji. From this empirical basis, interventions to foster better patterns of trust will be proposed. This will result in better policies and regulations for social media communication about controversial topics.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 5003 - Philosophy. Lead: Prof Mark Alfano