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Marisa Torres da Silva is an assistant professor at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal (FCSH/NOVA). Her post-doctoral research (2012-2015) – “Internet and deliberative democracy: audience participation in the online version of mainstream media” – aimed to examine newsroom management of online news comments, as well as readers’ discourse and expression in this particular forum.
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March 22, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent, Research •
by Marisa Torres da Silva
Online comments, still the most widely-used medium for audience participation and public engagement in mainstream news websites, continue to pose complex challenges to newsrooms. Concern about the poor quality of comments – whether...
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