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ArticleGeoJournal2023

Understanding public discourse surrounding the impact of bitcoin on the environment in social media.

Sachith Mankala, Audhav Durai, Anvi Padiyar, Olga Gkountouna, Ron Mahabir

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Article in GeoJournal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sachith Mankala *Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA.
Audhav Durai *Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA 22312 USA.
Anvi PadiyarDepartment of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
Olga GkountounaGeographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UK.
Ron MahabirGeographic Data Science Lab, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5553-5366

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing public concerns about the environment have led to many studies that have explored current issues and approaches towards its protection. Much less studied, however, is topic of public opinion surrounding the impact that cryptocurrencies are having on the environment. The cryptocurrency market, in particular, bitcoin, currently rivals other top well-known assets such as precious metals and exchanged traded funds in market value, and its growing. This work examines public opinion expressed about the environmental impacts of bitcoin derived from Twitter feeds. Three primary research questions were addressed in this work related to topics of public interest, their location, and people and places involved. Our findings show that factions of of the public are interest in protecting the environment, with topics that resonate mainly related to energy. This discourse was also taking place at few similar locations with a mix of different people and places of interest.

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BitcoinEnvironmentPublic opinionSocial mediaTopic modelling

Identifiers

PMID38625109
PMCPMC10040309

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