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Climate-change denialism operates as a circulation regime on social media, where conspiracy frames dominate high-engagement flows, shares and comments predict denialist presence, and YouTube presents the highest odds of denialism. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The study aims to explore how climate-change denialism interacts with participatory media design and dissemination.

July 26, 2026The International Journal of Climate Change Impacts and ResponsesOpen Access

A Mixed-Method Analysis of Climate-Change Denialism as Blunt-Edged Politics in Participatory Media Ecologies

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EEEssien Oku EssienDrexel University SASamuel AjalaUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville ECEmmanuel ChukwuelokeUniversity of Hull

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Mixed-method analysis examines denialist narratives in climate discourse on social media, suggesting interventions.

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The study aims to explore how climate-change denialism interacts with participatory media design and dissemination.
Employs an analytical modeling approach combining content analysis and sentiment labeling.
Uses logistic regression and hashtag network mapping on social media posts from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
Analyzes content across three Conference of the Parties (COP)-related periods.
Conspiracy frames were prevalent in high-engagement interactions.
Shares and comments were strong predictors of denialist narratives, while likes were not.
YouTube demonstrated the highest adjusted odds of promoting denialism.

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Essien et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a6f2d3aea3239cd780f1 https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/a420

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A Mixed-Method Analysis of Climate-Change Denialism as Blunt-Edged Politics in Participatory Media Ecologies

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