APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Experimental Tests of the Effect of Incivility during Internet Political Discussion
- Jason Popan
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Lauren Coursey
University of Texas at Arlington - Mauricio Yanez
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Deanna Pollard
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Hyewon Kang
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Gustavo Martinez
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Abstract
In a series of experiments with politically liberal and conservative participants, we demonstrate that incivility during internet political discussion has a strong negative effect on perceived discussion rationality, even when reason-based argument is relatively strong. The effects of incivility on participants’ discussion board contributions are also explored.
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