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In Reddit posts about climate change, just 1 in 25 links are to scientific sources - versus mass media and social media sources - evidencing the lack of science-based debate

05.07.25 | PLOS

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In Reddit posts about climate change, just 1 in 25 links are to scientific sources - versus mass media and social media sources - evidencing the lack of science-based debate.

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Article URL: https://plos.io/4jZKIYA

Article Title: The role of science in the climate change discussions on Reddit

Author Countries: Austria, Italy

Funding: The authors acknowledge support from the Lagrange Project of the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation (ISI Foundation, to PC, MT, KK, DP, YM) funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Fondazione CRT), Italy. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Climate

10.1371/journal.pclm.0000541

7-May-2025

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
cbhaskar@plos.org

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APA:
PLOS. (2025, May 7). In Reddit posts about climate change, just 1 in 25 links are to scientific sources - versus mass media and social media sources - evidencing the lack of science-based debate. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19N7DZJ1/in-reddit-posts-about-climate-change-just-1-in-25-links-are-to-scientific-sources-versus-mass-media-and-social-media-sources-evidencing-the-lack-of-science-based-debate.html
MLA:
"In Reddit posts about climate change, just 1 in 25 links are to scientific sources - versus mass media and social media sources - evidencing the lack of science-based debate." Brightsurf News, May. 7 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/19N7DZJ1/in-reddit-posts-about-climate-change-just-1-in-25-links-are-to-scientific-sources-versus-mass-media-and-social-media-sources-evidencing-the-lack-of-science-based-debate.html.