Social media: Using social media post analysis to set public policy?

Social media: Using social media post analysis to set public policy?

No, no and no: Survey: Mother Nature is more likely to solve climate change than geoengineering (msn.com)

This story tells us that AI-based analysis of social media tweets tells us how to inform public policy.

OMG, no.

They urge use of social media analysis to tweak the propaganda messaging:

The study concluded with a crucial recommendation. The authors strongly suggest avoiding the use of the term “geoengineering,” which is often misunderstood and encompasses a wide range of both natural and technological climate mitigation efforts.

This is not how to do climate communications – through direct manipulation of people. This is propaganda, about which people will see through it and become skeptical.

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