Staying silent and speaking out in online comment sections: The influence of spiral of silence and corrective action in reaction to news

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dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Megan A.en
dc.contributor.authorPelled, Ayelleten
dc.contributor.authorWise, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Shreenitaen
dc.contributor.authorShan, Yuanliangen
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Mengdianen
dc.contributor.authorMcLeod, Dougen
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T11:51:11Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-23T11:51:11Zen
dc.date.issued2020-01-01en
dc.date.updated2022-08-22T21:11:31Zen
dc.description.abstractThrough the lenses of Spiral of Silence Theory, the Corrective Action Hypothesis, and peer influence research, we conducted an online experiment to identify the influence of varying opinion climates on opinion expression about a news controversy. This study expands the corrective action literature by manipulating the perceived opinion climate and measuring opinion change and subsequent expression. After all participants (N = 415) read the same news story, they were randomly assigned to one of five opinion climate conditions (supportive, oppositional, mixed, uncertain or polarized) operationalized through user comments following the story. The experiment allowed participants to reply, comment, do both, or not further engage in an attempt to mirror real-world expression behavior. The results suggest that the opinion climate formed by news comments influenced the opinions and comments of participants, providing evidence that those who hold strong opinions are more likely to comment when they perceive the opinion climate to be oppositional rather than supportive to their worldview.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 192-205en
dc.format.extent14 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.026en
dc.identifier.eissn1873-7692en
dc.identifier.issn0747-5632en
dc.identifier.orcidDuncan, Megan [0000-0002-0547-2387]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111595en
dc.identifier.volume102en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevieren
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNews audienceen
dc.subjectOpinion climateen
dc.subjectNews comment sectionsen
dc.subjectCorrective actionen
dc.subjectSpiral of silenceen
dc.subjectPeer influenceen
dc.subjectExperimenten
dc.subjectMedia effectsen
dc.subjectHOSTILE MEDIAen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL OUTSPOKENNESSen
dc.subjectOPINION EXPRESSIONen
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPHEREen
dc.subjectCLIMATEen
dc.subjectWILLINGNESSen
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONSen
dc.subjectINCIVILITYen
dc.subjectCONFORMITYen
dc.subjectCONSEQUENCESen
dc.subjectClinical Researchen
dc.subject13 Climate Actionen
dc.titleStaying silent and speaking out in online comment sections: The influence of spiral of silence and corrective action in reaction to newsen
dc.title.serialComputers in Human Behavioren
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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