Date of Award
11-26-2018
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Heather Day
Abstract
This study will explore the connection between the civility of internet comments and their popularity- through the example of two YouTube videos. By using a combination of manual review and computer analysis, to help readers discover if video popularity has a negative effect on comment civility. Findings also examined correlations between factors that indicate civility, while also including examples of notable and intriguing comments found during this study.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Isaac, "Investigating the Effects of Popularity on Comment Civility: A YouTube Case Study" (2018). Honors Theses. 214.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/214
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/214
Subject Area
Social media; Online social networks, YouTube, Popularity
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/214
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