Social media data for environmental sustainability : A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use
Ghermandi, Andrea (University of Haifa. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management)
Langemeyer, Johannes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Van Berkel, Derek (University of Michigan. School for Environment and Sustainability)
Calcagni, Fulvia (University of Haifa. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management)
Depietri, Yaella (University of Haifa. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management)
Egarter Vigl, Lukas (EURAC Research. Institute for Alpine Environment)
Fox, Nathan (University of Southampton. School of Geography and the Environment)
Havinga, Ilan (Wageningen University. Environmental Systems Analysis Group)
Jäger, Hieronymus (University of Innsbruck. Department of Ecology)
Kaiser, Nina (University of Duisburg-Essen. Department of Aquatic Ecology)
Karasov, Oleksandr (University of Helsinki. Department of Geosciences and Geography)
McPhearson, Timon (Stockholm University. Stockholm Resilience Centre)
Podschun, Simone (Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology. Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry)
Ruiz Frau, Ana (Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats)
Sinclair, Michael (University of Haifa. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management)
Venohr, Markus (Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology. Department of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry)
Wood, Spencer A. (University of Washington. eScience Institute)

Data:	2023
Resum:	Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have threatened this nascent field. Here, we review the literature on the use of social media data in environmental and sustainability research. We find that they can play a novel and irreplaceable role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by allowing a nuanced understanding of human-nature interactions at scale, observing the dynamics of social-ecological change, and investigating the co-construction of nature values. We reveal threats to data access and highlight scientific responsibility to address trade-offs between research transparency and privacy protection, while promoting inclusivity. This contributes to a wider societal debate of social media data for sustainability science and for the common good.
Ajuts:	European Commission 818002 European Commission 869324 European Commission 655475 Agencia Estatal de Investigación IJC2019-040836-I
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article de revisió ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Big data ; Environmental sustainability ; Passive crowdsourcing ; Social media ; Social-ecological systems
Publicat a:	One Earth, Vol. 6, Issue 3 (March 2023) , p. 236-250, ISSN 2590-3322

DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.02.008

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