A Twitter-Lived Red Tide Crisis on Chiloé Island, Chile: What Can Be Obtained for Social-Ecological Research through Social Media Analysis?

摘要: Considering traditional research on social-ecological crises, new social media analysis, particularly Twitter data, contributes with supplementary exploration techniques. In this article, we argue that a approach to crises can offer an actor-centered meaningful perspective facts, depiction of the general dynamics meaning making takes place among actors, and systemic view actors’ communication before, during after crisis. On basis multi-technique data (TF-IDF, hierarchical clustering, egocentric networks principal component analysis) applied red tide crisis Chiloe Island, Chile, in 2016, most significant South America ever, boundaries We conclude shows permanent reflexive work elucidating causes effects develops according commitments, sequence events, political conveniences. vein, analysis does not replace good qualitative research, it rather opens up possibilities for capturing meanings from past cannot be retrieved otherwise. This is relevant studying supporting collective learning processes point towards increased resilience capacities more sustainable trajectories affected communities.