EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS ON THE URBAN SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of social media on urban sustainability transition. For this purpose and by applying the inductive research method, we conducted Semi-structured in-depth interviews with thirteen participants from the governmental bodies and citizen initiatives in our case study. We also used the frequency of tweets #a27 between 2010 and 2021. in addition, we retrieved data from the online news, the website of the relative stakeholders, archives, and policy documents. Our analysis shows a strong connection between the transition path and the frequency of citizen initiatives’ tweets.