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Trolls' Online Comments Skew Perception of Science

2013-02-19 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: When people read a science news story online, chances are they'll find a string of comments below, and the comments aren't always civil. But these comments actually influence people's perception of the science, a new study suggests. The Internet provides a forum for discussing issues in a way that traditional media did not. "You used to use media by yourself. Now, it's almost like reading the newspaper in middle of a busy street with people yelling in your ear what you should and shouldnt believe,"...

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