Political Discussion is Abundant in Non-political Subreddits (and Less Toxic)
Political Discussion is Abundant in Non-political Subreddits (and Less Toxic)
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DOI：
10.1609/icwsm.v15i1.18081
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2021-04
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Ashwin Rajadesingan;Ceren Budak;P. Resnick
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作者：
Ashwin Rajadesingan;Ceren Budak;P. Resnick
网络政治传播的研究主要集中在明确的政治空间的内容。在这项工作中，我们开始确定使用这种方法错过的政治谈话的数量。以Reddit为例，我们估计，近一半的政治话题发生在不到25%的时间里有政治内容的子Reddit上。换句话说，累积起来，非政治空间中的政治谈话是丰富的。我们进一步研究了政治谈话的性质，并表明，政治谈话是在非政治subreddits毒性较小。事实上，在非政治性的子标题中，政治评论回复一个非党派人士的平均毒性甚至低于在明确的政治性子标题中的共同党派回复的毒性。
Research on online political communication has primarily focused on content in explicitly political spaces. In this work, we set out to determine the amount of political talk missed using this approach. Focusing on Reddit, we estimate that nearly half of all political talk takes place in subreddits that host political content less than 25% of the time. In other words, cumulatively, political talk in non-political spaces is abundant. We further examine the nature of political talk and show that political conversations are less toxic in non-political subreddits. Indeed, the average toxicity of political comments replying to a out-partisan in non-political subreddits is less than even the toxicity of co-partisan replies in explicitly political subreddits.