The New Statesman
•Causing a stink: reflections on my viral PhD
Summary
Nutrition label
72% Informative
Nearly 120 million people have seen a Facebook post about my PhD thesis.
The post is captioned “Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone ” The post gained traction among kind strangers celebrating my achievement.
But soon, it reached a much more hostile audience, with comments about the content of my thesis and my 'life choices'.
VR Score
66
Informative language
61
Neutral language
36
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
59
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
long-living
External references
3
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Source diversity
3
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