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- As these studies illustrate, online discussion remains far from deliberative and can contain high levels of incivility. Identifying ways to improve the deliberative and civil nature of online spaces thus becomes a high priority.
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Jun 20, 2023 · By distinguishing between impolite comments and comments that threaten democratic values, we want to overcome the ambiguities of previous works and understand the extent and the characteristics of uncivil behavior in online political discussions, as well as its relationship with the communication of elites.
Apr 1, 2020 · First, online uncivil behavior mediates the relationship between susceptibility variables and outcomes. For example, individuals’ political identity would lead them to be uncivil to other online users with an opposing political identity.
- Yu Leung Ng, Yunya Song, K. Hazel Kwon, Yu Huang
- 2020
Jun 27, 2024 · Empirical research finds that online incivility has detrimental impacts, such as leading to opinion polarization (Anderson et al., 2014), eliciting negative evaluations of news outlets and news content (Lück & Nardi, 2019), and inhibiting engagement behavior (Lu et al., 2022).
Apr 10, 2022 · In fact, journalists, researchers, and politicians have raised concerns regarding the quality of online discussions and expressed anxiety about an increase of uncivil behavior, such as vulgarity, insults, and lies (Coe et al., 2014; Santana, 2014; Rowe, 2015; Boatright, 2019).
Apr 3, 2017 · Notably, spending time in online discussion environments where uncivil behavior is common can encourage participants to believe such behavior is acceptable, which in turn increases the likelihood that they themselves will engage in that behavior (Hmielowski, Hutchens, & Cicchirillo, 2014).
- Kate Kenski, Kevin Coe, Stephen A. Rains
- 2020
Aug 20, 2016 · Incivility in Online Discussions. Certain aspects of online communication may make it particularly susceptible to the proliferation of uncivil discussion. The absence of nonverbal communication cues and physical isolation on the Internet may encourage more uncivil conversation online compared with a face-to-face environment (Dutton, 1996; Hill ...
Jun 16, 2014 · Our findings clarify that online posters are not habitually uncivil. Rather, the considerable incivility present in online discussions has clear factors associated with it and, in many cases, well-defined targets.
