Online comments: The nature of comments on health journalism

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Highlights：

• The nature of 652 comments posted to 87 online health articles was examined.

• The most frequent among nine deliberative discourse nature of online comments was found to be offering opinions, which were more positive than negative.

• Unlike general comment discourse in which readers frequently express incivility and negativity, online comments on health news were likely to be civil.

• Findings of this study suggest that online comments to health news can offer journalists constructive feedback as well as positive information to other readers.

摘要

•The nature of 652 comments posted to 87 online health articles was examined.•The most frequent among nine deliberative discourse nature of online comments was found to be offering opinions, which were more positive than negative.•Unlike general comment discourse in which readers frequently express incivility and negativity, online comments on health news were likely to be civil.•Findings of this study suggest that online comments to health news can offer journalists constructive feedback as well as positive information to other readers.

论文关键词：Reader comments,Deliberative discourse,Health journalism,Civility,Negativity

论文评审过程：Received 10 June 2017, Revised 17 September 2018, Accepted 5 November 2018, Available online 8 November 2018, Version of Record 22 November 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.006