Atheism in US and UK Newspapers: Negativity about Non-Belief and Non-Believers

Atheists are among the most disliked “religious” groups in the United States, but the origins of this aversion remain poorly understood. Because the media are an important source of public attitudes, we analyze coverage of atheism and atheists in American and British newspapers. Using computational...

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Authors: van der Veen, A. Maurits (Author) ; Bleich, Erik 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Atheism
B sentiment analysis
B topic modeling
B Prejudice
B computational text analysis
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