Social Media, Science, and Attack Discourse: How Twitter Discussions of Climate Change Use Sarcasm and Incivility
Social Media, Science, and Attack Discourse: How Twitter Discussions of Climate Change Use Sarcasm and Incivility
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DOI：
10.1177/1075547017735113
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发表时间：
2017-10-01
影响因子：
9
通讯作者：
Huntington, Heidi E.
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作者：
Anderson, Ashley A.;Huntington, Heidi E.
在线科学讨论中的冲突有可能使个人对科学的看法两极分化，但科学传播学术界很少关注在线科学讨论中言语攻击如何发挥作用的系统研究。本研究分析了极端天气事件期间 Twitter 上有关气候变化的讨论中的讽刺和不文明行为 (n = 4,094)。我们发现，粗鲁和讽刺的情况总体上很低。不文明行为与政治话题联系在一起，不文明和讽刺都与气候变化的怀疑观点一起使用，以及那些在个人资料中提到右倾政治的人。
Conflict in online discussions of science has the potential to polarize individuals' perceptions of science, yet science communication scholarship has paid little attention to systematic study of how verbal attacks play out in online discussions of science. This study analyzes sarcasm and incivility in Twitter discussions of climate change during an extreme weather event (n = 4,094). We found instances of incivility and sarcasm were low overall. Incivility was used in association with political topics, and both incivility and sarcasm were used alongside skeptical perspectives of climate change and by those who mention right-leaning politics in their profiles.