Dispatch: Actor Leonardo DiCaprios Oscar acceptance speech comments urging action on climate change drew more attention on social media than Earth Day, according to a study out of the University of California San Diego.
The study, titled Big Data Sensors of Organic Advocacy: The Case of Leonardo DiCaprio and Climate Change, was published Aug. 2 in scientific journal Plos One. It argues DiCaprios acceptance speech for best actor received much more attention on social media than it did on traditional...