Deliberating Issues or Discharging Feelings? A Closer Look at “Below-the-Line” Reader Comments on the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute

The study addresses a concern over the quality of online news reader comments. Specifically, it examines how online reader comments contribute to deliberation from cognitive and interactive perspectives. The results of content analyzing, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the comments from an on...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2024-01-01
Series:Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2024-10-1-2-Yang.pdf