Look, Dude: How hyperpartisan and non-hyperpartisan speech differ in online commentary

IF 2.4 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Discourse & Society Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.1177/09579265221108022

Allison Nguyen, Tom Roberts, P. Anand, J. E. Fox Tree

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Abstract

Identifying the characteristics of hyperpartisan communication that make it so amenable to sharing is crucial to combating the spread of misinformation. We analyzed a corpus of hyperpartisan and non-hyperpartisan writing produced on internet forums and found that markers of spontaneous communication are strongly predictive of hyperpartisan speech, regardless of whether that speech is left- or right-leaning. The markers of spontaneous communication included swear words, discourse markers, local pronouns like I and you, and exclamation marks. This suggests that speakers in hyperpartisan online communities exploit linguistic resources, even those without overtly political or persuasive content, to engage readers through appeal to closeness and familiarity.

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看，老兄：在线评论中的超党派和非超党派言论有何不同

识别超党派沟通的特征，使其易于分享，对于打击错误信息的传播至关重要。我们分析了互联网论坛上产生的超党派和非超党派写作语料库，发现自发交流的标志物对超党派言论有很强的预测作用，无论该言论是左倾还是右倾。自发交流的标记包括脏话、话语标记、“我和你”等地方代词和感叹号。这表明，超党派网络社区中的演讲者利用语言资源，即使是那些没有公开政治或说服力内容的人，也能通过吸引亲近感和熟悉感来吸引读者。

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4.50

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期刊介绍： Discourse & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal whose major aim is to publish outstanding research at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences. It focuses on explicit theory formation and analysis of the relationships between the structures of text, talk, language use, verbal interaction or communication, on the one hand, and societal, political or cultural micro- and macrostructures and cognitive social representations, on the other hand. That is, D&S studies society through discourse and discourse through an analysis of its socio-political and cultural functions or implications. Its contributions are based on advanced theory formation and methodologies of several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.