Social Media, Science, and Attack Discourse: How Twitter Discussions of Climate Change Use Sarcasm and Incivility

被引：101

作者：

Anderson, Ashley A. ^{[1
]}

Huntington, Heidi E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Journalism & Media Commun, 1785 Campus Delivery, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[2] West Texas A&M Univ, Business Commun, Coll Business, Canyon, TX USA

来源：

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | 2017年 / 39卷 / 05期

关键词：

incivility; sarcasm; climate change; weather; social media; Twitter; NONLITERAL LANGUAGE; PUBLIC-OPINION; NEWS FRAMES; ONLINE; PERCEPTIONS; WEATHER; POLARIZATION; PATTERNS; CIVILITY; IRONY;

D O I：

10.1177/1075547017735113

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

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.

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