Social Media Have Only Partially Democratized Climate Communication

Instanz: TeilenTeilen:Social Media Have Only Partially Democratized Climate CommunicationKurt Bodenmüller KommunikationUniversität Zürich11.08.2026 09:00Social media have altered communication about climate change over the last 20 years, but have only partially delivered on early expectations that they would broaden and democratize the discourse. The study’s findings have now been published in a focus issue of Nature Climate Change dedicated to climate change communication. Echo chambers between social media platformsResearchers have long studied echo chambers within individual social media platforms, where people primarily encounter like-minded others. No uniform “social media effect”It is not clear whether social media promote public knowledge about climate issues because study findings thus far do not paint a uniform picture. Social Media and the Changing Landscape of Climate Change Communication.