A Twitter Analysis on Information and Disinformation on the Arctic Region

Please note that the version of the application available to the public only focuses on the last four months ( from 2022-09-01 to 2023-02-28 ).

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              To access our full database ( from 2020-01-01 to 
              2023-02-28
              ), please contact Mathieu Landriault or Jean-François Savard.
            

            

            
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Team Members

            

              

                Mathieu Landriault
                École nationale d'administration publique
              

              

                Jean-Francois Savard
                École nationale d'administration publique
              

              

                Isabelle Caron
                Dalhousie University
              

              

                Alexandre Millette
                École nationale d'administration publique
              

              

                Gabrielle LaFortune
                Université d'Ottawa
              

              

                Aileen A. Espiritu
                Arctic University of Norway
              

              

                Gregory A. Poelzer
                Luleå University of Technology
              

              

                Julie Renaud
                Université du Québec à Montréal
              

            

            

            
Our Partners

            

              

                Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l'Arctique
              

              

                Observatoire des administrations publiques autochtones
              

              

                Relations internationales et Francophonie
              

              

                Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
              

              

                Nordic Council of Ministers
              

              

                The Arctic University of Norway
              

              

                Luleå University of Technology
              

            

            

            All Tweets were collected using the API credentials of Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l'Arctique (OPSA)
          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            
            

          

          

            

              

                
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Interpretation Correlation Circle

              

            

            

              

                
Arrows : When the arrows are close to each others, 
                     it means there is a positive correlation

              

            

            

              

                
When the arrows point in opposite direction, 
                     it means there is a negative correlation

              

            

            

              

                
When the arrows are perpendicular to each other, 
                     it means there is no / a weak correlation

              

            

            

              

                
Furthermore, the length of the arrows inform us of the strength of the correlation. 
                     The shorter the arrows, the lower the correlations

              

            

            

              

                

                  

                    

                  

                  

                    

                  

                  

                    

                  

                

              

            

            

              

                
The coefficient of determination table enables us to select only relevant variables for each component.
                     Usually, only the variables with a cos^2 above the average are retained.

              

            

            

              

                
Methodology

              

            

            

              

                
The PCA analysis has been performed with a made-up dictionary built by the team. 
                     Therefore, there is some subjectivity in the words and thematics. 
                     You can find the exhaustive list below :

              

            

            

              

                
Environment : Amplification,
                            carbon emission, 
                            climate change,
                            climate crisis,
                            climate emergency,
                            cold,
                            environment,
                            glacier,
                            greenhouse,
                            ghg,
                            heat,
                            heatwave,
                            ice, 
                            iceberg,
                            ice cap,
                            ice sheet,
                            ipcc,
                            melt,
                            melting,
                            methane, 
                            mountain, 
                            permafrost,
                            rain,
                            shelf,
                            shelves,
                            snow, 
                            temperature,
                            thaw,
                            warming,
                            wildfire

              

            

            

              

                
Animals / Nature: animal,
                     aurora,
                     bear, 
                     borealis,
                     ecosystem,
                     fox,
                     grizzly,
                     habitat,
                     jellyfish,
                     narwhal,
                     nature,
                     pizzly,
                     reindeer,
                     seabirds,
                     seal,
                     shark,
                     sled dog,
                     squirrel,
                     tern,
                     whale,
                     wildlife,
                     wolf

              

            

            

              

                
Military / Security : airbase,
                        airforce,
                        army,
                        attack,
                        battalion,
                        bomber,
                        command,
                        drill,
                        fighter jet,
                        f35,
                        general,
                        invasion,
                        jet,
                        military,
                        military base,
                        military exercise,
                        mod,
                        nato,
                        navy,
                        norad,
                        power, 
                        radar,
                        sea route,
                        security,
                        sovereign,
                        sovereignty,
                        subs,
                        submarine,
                        surveillance,
                        transportation,
                        war

              

            

            

              

                
Natural resources : blue economy,
                       cod,
                       drilling,
                       energy,
                       extraction,
                       fisheries,
                       fossil fuel,
                       gas,
                       haddock,
                       LNG,
                       mine,
                       natural resources,
                       offshore,
                       oil,
                       resource claims,
                       resources

              

            

            

              

                
Diplomacy : agreement,
                alliance,
                ambassador,
                arctic council,
                consulate,
                cooperation,
                counterpart,
                diplomacy,
                diplomatic,
                leader,
                minister,
                ministerial,
                partnership,
                president,
                secretary,
                treaty

              

            

            

              

                
Indigenous : aboriginal,
                 first nations,
                 icc,
                 indigenous,
                 inuit,
                 inuk,
                 itk,
                 residential school,
                 saami,
                 sami