What is the public opinion about universities and sustainability? A social media analysis among 'Spain' and across the world

This exploratory study aims to identify, to cluster, and to set an emotional value of the content of tweets including 'university' and sustainability-related terms in Spain in comparison to the rest of the world. For six months, in Spain, 2370 tweets were collected and 53,567 tweets in the...

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Autores: Bayas Aldaz, Cecilia Elizabeth, Duran-Rodas, David, Sandoval Hamon, Leyla Angélica
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709722
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709722
https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISD.2021.118377
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Environment
Public opinion
Sentiment analysis
Social media
Sustainability
Text mining
Twitter
University
Ciencias Sociales
Descrição
Resumo:This exploratory study aims to identify, to cluster, and to set an emotional value of the content of tweets including 'university' and sustainability-related terms in Spain in comparison to the rest of the world. For six months, in Spain, 2370 tweets were collected and 53,567 tweets in the rest of the world (English language). To carry out this research, sentiment and topic clustering analyses were applied. The results present key factors that involve the environment, research, and innovation through the role of universities in communities. The outcome also adds an entrepreneurship vision and practical implication of academic knowledge in industries. The conclusions of the present study can be useful to evidence the contribution of universities in their pursuit of a sustainable environment. Our findings will also define important questions to be addressed through the main mission of universities as part of an innovative process of answering new challenges