Luke Collins|Brigitte Nerlich
Examining User Comments for Deliberative Democracy: A Corpus-driven Analysis of the Climate Change Debate Online
public perception climate change characterized heterogeneity even polarization deliberative discussion regarded key overcoming polarization engaging various publics complex issue climate change context online engagement news stories seen space new deliberative democratic potential emerge article examines aspects deliberation user comment threads response articles climate change taken guardian deliberation understood concepts reciprocity topicality argumentation demonstrate corpus analysis used examine ways online debates around climate change may create deny opportunities multiple voices deliberation results show whilst aspects online discourse discourage alternative viewpoints demonstrate incivility user comments also show potential engaging dialog high levels interaction