Energetic voices on social media? Strategic Niche Management and Finnish Facebook debate on biogas and heat pumps

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Abstract :

Strategic niches are protected spaces for emerging technologies, where expectations are articulated, social
networks built, and learning occurs. Although Strategic Niche Management (SNM) can be done in a directed,
strategic manner, more diffuse, loosely connected and self-organizing niches also exist. We explore such niches
in a particular setting: a social media discussion forum − a Facebook group − set up for an open discussion on
the reform of national-level energy policy in Finland. We focus on discussions related to two renewable energy
technologies: biogas and ground-source heat pumps. We conduct Social Network Analysis and quantitative as
well as qualitative content analysis of the social media material to ask what kind of SNM happens in these
discussions. Our results indicate that the discussion networks may be conducive for wide engagement and incorporation
of new ideas, while also containing sub-groups that may foster learning. However, the discussions
are highly centralized around a few active discussants and focused on the present-day situation, drawing from
specific local and national experiences and technical details, despite the original aim of the group to induce
forward-looking debates on energy policy. The articulation of future expectations is not a predominant feature of
the discussions related to these two technologies. Still, the quantitative content analysis reveals extensive
agreement in their framing as sustainable future energy solutions, while the qualitative analysis also points to
critical debates that may support learning and further

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مقاله ISI انگلیسی اصلی
سال انتشار: 2020
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تعداد صفحات فایل ISI انگلیسی اصلی: 10 صفحه

Authors / Descriptions(نویسندگان/توضیحات): مقاله ISI سال انتشار 2020 \Salla Rantala,⁎, Arho Toikka, Anna Pulkka, Jari Lyytimäki
Sent date(تاریخ ارسال) : 1398/11/04  |   1/24/2020
Number of visits(تعداد بازدید): 681
Key words (کلمات کلیدی): Energy policy , Social media , Facebook , Strategic Niche Management , Biogas , Heat pump
Number of pages(تعداد صفحات) : 10
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