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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Commun.
Sec. Science and Environmental Communication
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1301400

A systematic review of the nexus between climate change and social media: present status, trends, and future challenges

Provisionally accepted
Bebe Chand Sultana Bebe Chand Sultana 1Md. Tabiur Rahman Prodhan Md. Tabiur Rahman Prodhan 1Edris Alam Edris Alam 2Md.Salman Sohel Md.Salman Sohel 3A.B.M. Mainul Bari A.B.M. Mainul Bari 4Subodh Chandra Pal Subodh Chandra Pal 5Md Kamrul Islam Md Kamrul Islam 6Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam 1*
  • 1 Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur City, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  • 2 Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 3 Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 4 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 5 University of Burdwan, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
  • 6 King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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    Social media and climate change are some of the most controversial issues of the 21st century. Despite numerous studies, our understanding of current social media trends, popular hot topics, and future challenges related to climate change remains significantly limited. This research presents a systematic review of climate change and social media for the first time. Review the studies published between 2009 and 2022 in places like Google Scholar, Science Direct, Web-of-Science, Scopus, ResearchGate, and others. For this systematic review, we found 1057 articles. Forty-five articles were the most relevant according to our goals and study design, which followed the PRISMA framework. The results of this review demonstrate that Twitter is the most popular platform. Every year, we identify rising trends in the number of publications. Past studies often focused on just one social media site, like Twitter (n = 26) or Facebook (n = 5). Although most studies focus on the United States, the study area is primarily "all over the world." This study offers a theoretical framework by examining the relationship between social media platforms and the discourse surrounding climate change. It looked into how social media trends influence public perception, raise awareness, and spur action on climate change. In practical terms, the study focuses on important and trending topics like nonbelievers and climate change. The contribution consists of synthesizing the body of research, providing insights into the state of the digital world, and suggesting future lines of inquiry for the field of social media and climate change studies. We highlighted the studies' quality assessment result of "moderate quality." This systematic review provides information about how climate change is now portrayed on social media and lays the groundwork for further study in this area

    Keywords: Climate Change, Global Warming, Temperature hike, Social Media, PRISMA, Systematic review

    Received: 24 Sep 2023; Accepted: 13 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sultana, Prodhan, Alam, Sohel, Bari, Pal, Islam and Islam. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur City, 5400, Rangpur, Bangladesh

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