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

Published:2017-10 Issue:5 Volume:39 Page:598-620
ISSN:1075-5470
Container-title:Science Communication
language:en
Short-container-title:Science Communication

Author:

Anderson Ashley A.¹,Huntington Heidi E.²

Affiliation:

1. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

2. West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, USA

Abstract

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sociology and Political Science

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1075547017735113

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