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The climate change movement and political parties: Mechanisms of social media and interaction during the 2019 electoral period in Finland Cover

The climate change movement and political parties: Mechanisms of social media and interaction during the 2019 electoral period in Finland

Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Volume 3 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021)
By: Sonja Savolainen and  Tuomas Ylä-Anttila  
Open Access
|Jul 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Network analysis of MPs’ tweet mentions of “ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko”, 2019Comments: MPs are presented as colour-coded triangles: darker green = Green League; pink = Left Alliance; light green = Centre Party; red = Social Democrats; light blue = National Coalition Party; yellow = Finns Party. The mentioned users are orange squares if they are activists and coloured circles corresponding to the colours assigned to MP parties if they are politicians not serving as MPs or grey circles if they are private individuals. Black circles represent hashtags.
Network analysis of MPs’ tweet mentions of “ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko”, 2019Comments: MPs are presented as colour-coded triangles: darker green = Green League; pink = Left Alliance; light green = Centre Party; red = Social Democrats; light blue = National Coalition Party; yellow = Finns Party. The mentioned users are orange squares if they are activists and coloured circles corresponding to the colours assigned to MP parties if they are politicians not serving as MPs or grey circles if they are private individuals. Black circles represent hashtags.

Figure 2

Support for prioritising protecting the environment over economic growth and loss of jobsComments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “Protecting the environment should be given priority, even if it causes slower economic growth and some loss of jobs”.Source: Savolainen et al., 2020
Support for prioritising protecting the environment over economic growth and loss of jobsComments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “Protecting the environment should be given priority, even if it causes slower economic growth and some loss of jobs”.Source: Savolainen et al., 2020

Figure 3

Support for the government prioritising what climate scientists say over public opinionComments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “The governments should act on what climate scientists say even if the majority of people are opposed”.Source: Savolainen et al., 2020
Support for the government prioritising what climate scientists say over public opinionComments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “The governments should act on what climate scientists say even if the majority of people are opposed”.Source: Savolainen et al., 2020

Social media posts mentioning “Ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko”, 1 January–31 December 2019

SourcePosts
Twitter78,887
Facebook3,471
Internet forums2,629
Instagram2,006
News comments532
Blogs531
YouTube19
Google+1
Total88,076

Number of climate protests in Helsinki, 2019

Climate protestsLarge-scale climate protests
January20
February10
March42
April93
May202
June20
July41
August00
September51
October20
November10
December00
Total509

Number of MPs and MEPs by political party

PartyMPs 2015–2018MPs 2019–MEPs 2014–2018MEPs 2019–
Centre Party483132
National coalition Party383833
Social Democratic Party354022
Blue Reform Party17000
Finns Party173922
Green League152012
Left Alliance121611
Swedish People's Party101011
Christian Democrats5500
Movement Now2100
Seven Star Movement1000

MP tweets mentioning “ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko” before and after elections, 2019

PartyNumber of tweets before electionsMonthly average of tweets before electionsNumber of tweets after electionsMonthly average of tweets after elections
Green League34999.714116.6
Left Alliance11232.0374.4
Social Democratic Party3911.1111.3
Centre Party3610.3354.1
National Coalition Party288.0556.5
Swedish People's Party133.750.6
Finns Party61.7161.9
Total584166.930335.6

MP tweets mentioning “elections” and “ilmastolakk” or “#nytonpakko” before Finnish parliamentary elections

PartyNumber%
Green League13438.4
Left Alliance3833.9
Social Democratic Party820.5.
Centre Party925.0
National coalition Party1346.4
Swedish people's Party430.8
Finns Party116.7
Total20735.4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2021-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2003-184X
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Language: English
Page range: 40 - 60
Published on: Jul 6, 2021
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
social movements,
climate movement,
electoral contention,
contentious politics,
social media
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Mass communication,
Public and political communication,
Visual communication

© 2021 Sonja Savolainen, Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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