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Causing a stink: reflections on my viral PhD

The New Statesman
Summary
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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

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