This book investigates what influence online incivility—through user-generated comments on news websites—has on public debate. Built on the premise that pub

The state of political discourse in the United States today has been a subject of concern for many Americans. Political incivility is not merely a problem for p

The majority of Americans think that politics has an “incivility problem” and that this problem is only getting worse. Research demonstrates that negativity

Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hyb

A stimulating expose on how the roots of today's partisan rage lie in the "outrage industry" - deregulated, commodified media markets that will do anything for