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Unpacking uncivil society: Incivility and intolerance in the 2018 Irish abortion referendum discussions on Twitter

Dayei Oh
Dayei Oh
, 
Suzanne Elayan
Suzanne Elayan
, 
Martin Sykora
Martin Sykora
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John Downey
John Downey
   | 03 mar 2021
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Data publikacji: 03 mar 2021
Zakres stron: 103 - 118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0009
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© 2021 Dayei Oh et al., published by Sciendo
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Figure 1

Number of sample tweets, April–June 2018Comments: The figure shows the distribution of the tweets (n = 2,949) during the data collection (13 April to 4 June). The number of overall participation had its peak on 25 May, the referendum voting day. A day before (24 May) and a day after the voting day (May 26) also had increased participations than other days. 44 per cent of the total tweets (n = 1,302) were made during these three days.
Number of sample tweets, April–June 2018Comments: The figure shows the distribution of the tweets (n = 2,949) during the data collection (13 April to 4 June). The number of overall participation had its peak on 25 May, the referendum voting day. A day before (24 May) and a day after the voting day (May 26) also had increased participations than other days. 44 per cent of the total tweets (n = 1,302) were made during these three days.

Figure 2

Number of incivil and intolerant tweets, April–June 2018Comments: The figure shows the distribution of the incivil (n = 413) and intolerant tweets (n = 138) during the data collection (13 April to 4 June). The number of incivil and intolerant tweets had their peaks on 25 May, the referendum voting day. A day before (24 May) and a day after the voting day (26 May) also had an increased number of incivility and intolerance than other days. 34 per cent of the incivil tweets (n = 141) and 30 per cent of intolerant tweets (n = 41) were made in these three days.
Number of incivil and intolerant tweets, April–June 2018Comments: The figure shows the distribution of the incivil (n = 413) and intolerant tweets (n = 138) during the data collection (13 April to 4 June). The number of incivil and intolerant tweets had their peaks on 25 May, the referendum voting day. A day before (24 May) and a day after the voting day (26 May) also had an increased number of incivility and intolerance than other days. 34 per cent of the incivil tweets (n = 141) and 30 per cent of intolerant tweets (n = 41) were made in these three days.

Distribution of gender and political position in the sample

Pro-choice Anti-choice Unidentifiable
Female (total = 1,122) 912 (81% within gender, 41% within position) 143 (13% within gender, 29% within position) 67 (6% within gender, 31% within position)
Male (total = 742) 528 (71% within gender, 24% within position) 139 (19% within gender, 28% within position) 75 (10% within gender, 35% within position)
Unidentifiable (total = 1,085) 797 (74% within gender, 36% within position) 214 (20% within gender, 43% within position) 74 (7% within gender, 34% within position)
Total 2,237 496 216
Chi-square (χ2) 36.497***
Phi (φ) .111

Prevalence of incivility and intolerance based on political positions of the users

Incivility Intolerance
Pro-choice (n = 2,237) 279 (13% within position, 68% within incivility) 39 (2% within position, 28% within intolerance
Anti-choice (n = 496) 112 (23 within position, 27% within incivility) 99 (20% within position, 72% within intolerance)
Unidentifiable (n = 216) 22 (10% within position, 5% within incivility) 0 (0% within position, 0% within intolerance)
Total 413 138
Chi-square (χ2) 37.269*** 313.463***
Phi (φ) .112 .326

Prevalence of incivility and intolerance based on gender of the users

Incivility Intolerance
Female (n = 1,122) 129 (12% within gender, 31% within incivility) 37 (3% within gender, 27% within intolerance)
Male (n = 742) 119 (16% within gender, 29% within incivility) 39 (5% within gender, 28% within intolerance)
Unidentifiable (n = 1,085) 165 (15% within gender, 40% within incivility) 62 (6% within gender, 45% within intolerance)
Total 413 138
Chi-square (χ2) 9.707** 7.960*
Phi (φ) .057 .052

Crosstabulation of incivility and intolerance

Tolerant Intolerant Total
Civil 2,447 (97% within incivility, 87% within intolerance) 89 (4% within incivility, 65% within intolerance) 2,536
Incivil 364 (88% within incivility, 13% within intolerance) 49 (12% within incivility, 36% within intolerance) 413
Total 2,811 138
Chi-square (χ2) 55.580***
Phi (φ) .137
eISSN:
2001-5119
Język:
Angielski
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Dziedziny czasopisma:
Social Sciences, Communication Science, Mass Communication, Public and Political Communication
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