The “Nasty Effect:” Online Incivility and Risk Perceptions of Emerging Technologies

2014
Expertise
Empirische Studien
Maßnahmen gegen Hate Speech
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In: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
International Communication Association
Ashley A. Anderson, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A Scheufele, Michael A. Xenos und Peter Ladwig
S. 373–387
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Uncivil discourse is a growing concern in American rhetoric, and this trend has expanded beyond traditional media to online sources, such as audience comments. Using an experiment given to a sample representative of the U.S. population, we examine the effects online incivility on perceptions toward a particular issue—namely, an emerging technology, nanotechnology. We found that exposure to uncivil blog comments can polarize risk perceptions of nanotechnology along the lines of religiosity and issue support.

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