Suhay, Elizabeth (2014) Newspaper-based bloggers and commenters are far less polarized and more civil than their independently-based counterparts. USApp– American Politics and Policy Blog (19 Nov 2014). Website.
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Abstract
Independently hosted political blogs have been with us for more than a decade, and have become forums for commentary and discussion with a variety of styles and formality. These have more recently been joined by newspaper based blogs such as at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. But how does commentary and discussion differ between these two types of blogs? By analyzing over 2,300 blog posts and comments across both types of blog, Elizabeth Suhay and her co-authors find that those who write and comment on traditional political blogs are more likely to express more extreme political opinions, and are also likely to be uncivil in their discussions. Writers and commenters at newspaper-based blogs, on the other hand, tend to be far less polarized politically, and show a greater degree of civility in their discussions.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author, USApp– American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science. |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2014 14:51 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 13:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60417 |
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