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Journalism Practice Volume 18, 2024 - Issue 2: The Role of News Media in Promoting Hate Speech
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Assessing the Prevalence and Predictors of Incivility in Online News Comments Across Six Countries

Susana Salgadoa University of Lisbon – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Homero Gil Zúñigab University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain;c Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA;d Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4187-3604View further author information
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Pedro Alcântara da Silvaa University of Lisbon – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, PortugalView further author information
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Afonso Biscaiaa University of Lisbon – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, PortugalView further author information
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Miguel E. Coimbrae University of Lisbon – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, PortugalView further author information
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Bruno Martinsf University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico & Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, PortugalView further author information
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Alexandre Franciscoe University of Lisbon – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, Portugal;f University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico & Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, PortugalView further author information
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Pages 224-241 | Received 06 Mar 2023, Accepted 04 Aug 2023, Published online: 16 Aug 2023
 
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ABSTRACT

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.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 Project reference: PTDC/CPO-CPO/28495/2017 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

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Funding

This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [grant numbers: PTDC/CPO-CPO/28495/2017; 2020.04070.CEECIND/CP1615/CT0007].

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