TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - A slap or a jab: an experiment on viewing uncivil political discussions on Facebook JO - Computers in human behavior A1 - Wang, Meredith Y. A1 - Silva, David E. SP - 73 EP - 83 VL - 81 IS - N2 - Across two experiments conducted at the end of the last presidential election, we replicate previous findings that exposure to incivility while viewing political debates on Facebook can be both upsetting and engaging. This study adds to research by testing the differential effects of two kinds of incivility: insults and mockery. The effects of these two types of incivility change depending on the topic, whether gun control or abortion, suggesting that future research on online incivility may need to better address topic-specific outcomes.

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LA - en SN - 0747-5632 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.041 ID - ref1 ER -