TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Artificial intelligence against hate: intervention reducing verbal aggression in the social network environment
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Bilewicz, Michał
A1  - Tempska, Patrycja
A1  - Leliwa, Gniewosz
A1  - Dowgiałło, Maria
A1  - Tańska, Michalina
A1  - Urbaniak, Rafał
A1  - Wroczyński, Michał
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This article presents a quasi-experimental intervention study designed to reduce the level of verbal aggression on a social networking service (Reddit). The interventions were based on three psychological mechanisms: induction of a descriptive norm, induction of a prescriptive norm, and empathy induction. Each intervention was generated using a communicating bot. Participants exposed to these interventions were compared with a control group that received no intervention. The bot-generated normative communications (both the ones priming descriptive and the ones priming prescriptive norms), as well as the empathizing intervention, reduced the proportion of verbal aggression posted by Reddit accounts. All three interventions proved effective in reducing verbal violence when compared with the control condition.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.21948
ID  - ref1
ER  -