@inproceedings{schaefer-etal-2023-communicating,
    title = "Communicating Climate Change: A Comparison Between Tweets and Speeches by {G}erman Members of Parliament",
    author = "Schaefer, Robin  and
      Abels, Christoph  and
      Lewandowsky, Stephan  and
      Stede, Manfred",
    editor = "Barnes, Jeremy  and
      De Clercq, Orph{\'e}e  and
      Klinger, Roman",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment, {\&} Social Media Analysis",
    month = jul,
    year = "2023",
    address = "Toronto, Canada",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2023.wassa-1.42",
    doi = "10.18653/v1/2023.wassa-1.42",
    pages = "479--496",
    abstract = "Twitter and parliamentary speeches are very different communication channels, but many members of parliament (MPs) make use of both. Focusing on the topic of climate change, we undertake a comparative analysis of speeches and tweets uttered by MPs in Germany in a recent six-year period. By keyword/hashtag analyses and topic modeling, we find substantial differences along party lines, with left-leaning parties discussing climate change through a crisis frame, while liberal and conservative parties try to address climate change through the lens of climate-friendly technology and practices. Only the AfD denies the need to adopt climate change mitigating measures, demeaning those concerned about a deteriorating climate as climate cult or fanatics. Our analysis reveals that climate change communication does not differ substantially between Twitter and parliamentary speeches, but across the political spectrum.",
}

Twitter and parliamentary speeches are very different communication channels, but many members of parliament (MPs) make use of both. Focusing on the topic of climate change, we undertake a comparative analysis of speeches and tweets uttered by MPs in Germany in a recent six-year period. By keyword/hashtag analyses and topic modeling, we find substantial differences along party lines, with left-leaning parties discussing climate change through a crisis frame, while liberal and conservative parties try to address climate change through the lens of climate-friendly technology and practices. Only the AfD denies the need to adopt climate change mitigating measures, demeaning those concerned about a deteriorating climate as climate cult or fanatics. Our analysis reveals that climate change communication does not differ substantially between Twitter and parliamentary speeches, but across the political spectrum.
Schaefer, Robin Abels, Christoph Lew owsky, Stephan Stede, Manfred
Communicating Climate Change: A Comparison Between Tweets and Speeches by German Members of Parliament