Friday, December 13, 2013

"In 2013, people really interested in radioactive fallout" -- US gov't studying public attention to Fukushima, tracks twitter searches -- NRC FOIA: "Libyan war news should now downgrade Fukushima"

"In 2013, people really interested in radioactive fallout" -- US gov't studying public attention to Fukushima, tracks twitter searches -- NRC FOIA: "Libyan war news should now downgrade Fukushima"

International Business Times, Dec. 11, 2013: In 2013, people were really interested in radioactive fallout from the Fukushima disaster [...] Altmetric factors in both news stories and social media chatter in determining just how popular a scientific paper is. The top-scoring paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports by a pair of Japanese researchers, examined the radioactive cesium contamination of freshwater fish in the areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear plant.
U.S. Department of Energy, Feb. 2013: Section 4 utilizes data from new sources – social media (Twitter) postings and Google search patterns – to trace the changes in public attention to nuclear issues before, during and after the Fukushima event. […] We use these data to focus on the shifts in public attention that occurred with the onset of the crises at the Fukushima nuclear reactors […] 

For the complete article, please go to:  http://enenews.com/in-2013-people-were-really-interested-radioactive-fallout-us-studies-public-attention-to-fukushima-tracks-twitter-search-terms-nrc-foia-libyan-war-news-should-now-downgrade-fukushima-ne

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