The Engaging News Project Journalist Involvement in Comment Sections SUMMARY
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POST ATTRIBUTES
COMMENT ATTRIBUTES
Coding Reliability Incivility. POST ATTRIBUTES Topic Crime/Guns 0.79 Economy 1.00 Education 1.00 Health 0.77 Conversation Starter Open-ended Question 0.88 Closed-ended 1.00 Question Discussion Starter 0.86 COMMENT ATTRIBUTES 0.93 0.92 Incivility 0.77
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