This paper examines corporate involvement with the Veganuary 2019 campaign on Twitter and the resulting backlash. The authors find that activists and commercial entities engage mostly separate audiences, suggesting commercial campaigns do little to drive interactions with Veganuary activism. Strong antagonism is also observed, reflecting "culture wars" surrounding veganism and climate-diet science. The findings highlight challenges facing climate-diet discourses on social media and the role of commercial agents in online activism.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
Dec 19, 2022
Authors
Mary Sanford, Jamie Lorimer
Tags
Veganuary
Twitter
activism
climate-diet
social media
corporate engagement
backlash
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