Mapping online visuals of shale gas controversy: a digital methods approach

Figures & data

Figure 1. Visual rendition of the protocol to realise the networks of images later analysed.

Figure 2. Visuals on the debate (all the images used by actors, 2018). The network is clustering the images per theme/content.

Figure 3. Visuals on the debate (all the images used by actors, 2019). The network clusters the images per theme/content.

Figure 4. Visual network of shale gas controversy in 2018, per country. The colour of the images converted to dots represents the positioning of the actor on the debate. The place of the dot in the network represents the type of cluster the image belongs to (see Figure 4).

Figure 5. Visual network of shale gas controversy in 2019 per country. The colour of the images converted to dots represents the positioning of the actor on the debate. The place of the dot in the network represents the type of cluster the image belongs to (See Figure 5).

Table 1. Images retrieved per year/country, according to the actor’s position.

Country	Actor’s position	N of images in 2018	N of images in 2019
Mexico	negative	245	93
	Neutral	147	123
	Positive	239	282
Mexico Total		631	498
South Africa	Negative	192	296
	Neutral	340	276
	Positive	517	87
South Africa Total		1049	659
United Kingdom	Negative	100	316
	Neutral	194	301
	Positive	367	393
United Kingdom Total		661	1010
Grand Total		2341	2167