Ad hominem attacks are the most common way users confront content they perceive as wrong in comment sections beneath news videos, with over 40% of analyzed comments relying on reputation-based insults
Ad hominem attacks are the most common way users confront content they perceive as wrong in comment sections beneath news videos, with over 40% of analyzed comments relying on reputation-based insults to oppose earlier replies
Article URL: http://plos.io/4os0Tkc
Article title: Beyond ad hominem attacks: A typology of the discursive tactics used when objecting to news commentary on social media
Author countries: U.S.
Funding: This research was funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (NSF, Funding number: 2106476). Full details at: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106476&HistoricalAwards=false.
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Article URL: http://plos.io/4os0Tkc
Article title: Beyond ad hominem attacks: A typology of the discursive tactics used when objecting to news commentary on social media
Author countries: U.S.
Funding: This research was funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (NSF, Funding number: 2106476). Full details at: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106476&HistoricalAwards=false.
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