TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the Prevalence and Predictors of Incivility in Online News Comments Across Six Countries
AU - Salgado, Susana
AU - Gil Zúñiga, Homero
AU - da Silva, Pedro Alcântara
AU - Biscaia, Afonso
AU - Coimbra, Miguel E.
AU - Martins, Bruno
AU - Francisco, Alexandre
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Drawing on discussions about the manifestation of incivility in online news comments sections, our research operationalizes the concept of incivility and suggests a methodological approach that relies on manual and automated text analysis and regression analysis to assess its prevalence and identify its predictors. Relying on a data analysis of over two million comments on immigration and unemployment retrieved from twelve newspapers websites from six countries (Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States), our study confirms the prevalence of incivility in online news comments sections and shows that comments on the topic of immigration, with clear political orientation, particularly right-wing, and displaying populism and false information perception are more prone to include discursive features of incivility.
AB - Drawing on discussions about the manifestation of incivility in online news comments sections, our research operationalizes the concept of incivility and suggests a methodological approach that relies on manual and automated text analysis and regression analysis to assess its prevalence and identify its predictors. Relying on a data analysis of over two million comments on immigration and unemployment retrieved from twelve newspapers websites from six countries (Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States), our study confirms the prevalence of incivility in online news comments sections and shows that comments on the topic of immigration, with clear political orientation, particularly right-wing, and displaying populism and false information perception are more prone to include discursive features of incivility.
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U2 - 10.1080/17512786.2023.2246431
DO - 10.1080/17512786.2023.2246431
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85168087602
SN - 1751-2786
VL - 18
SP - 224
EP - 241
JO - Journalism Practice
JF - Journalism Practice
IS - 2
ER -
