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- Digital Communication and Language
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Social Media and Politics
National University of Singapore
2019
This study investigates a postulated 30% supportive-comment threshold as “tipping point” for minority expression on social networking sites (SNSs) in the context of online incivility. By doing so, perceived hostility is introduced an interactional factor explaining minority’s (un)likelihood. Results from 2 (comment civility: civil vs uncivil) × 3 (supportive-comment proportion: 15% 45%) ( N = 807) revealed that uncivil comments lowered at supportive threshold, which then leads to greater...
10.1177/1461444819851056
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New Media & Society
2019-05-30
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