Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
We identify general trends in the (in)civility and complexity of political discussions occurring on Reddit between January 2007 and May 2017 -- a period spanning both terms of Barack Obamau0027s presidency and the first 100 days of Donald Trumpu0027s presidency. We then investigate four factors that are frequently hypothesized as having contributed to the declining quality of American political discourse -- (1) the rising popularity of Donald Trump, (2) increasing polarization and negative partisanship, (3) the democratization of news media and the rise of fake news, and (4) merging of fringe groups into mainstream political discussions. |
Year | Venue | Field |
|---|---|---|
2017 | arXiv: Computers and Society | Social science,Political science,Media studies,Popularity,News media,Knowledge management,Obama,Presidency,Democratization,Civility,Mainstream,Politics |
DocType | Volume | Citations |
Journal | abs/1711.05303 | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.36 | 2 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishab Nithyanand | 1 | 242 | 16.39 |
| Brian Schaffner | 2 | 2 | 0.71 |
| Phillipa Gill | 3 | 2 | 1.39 |