A slap or a jab: An experiment on viewing uncivil political discussions on facebook

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Highlights：

• Exposure to incivility in political debates can be both upsetting and engaging.

• Result shows differential effects of two kinds of incivility, insults and mockery.

• Both mockery and insult lead to negative emotion when discussing gun control.

• Only mockery, not insult, lead to negative emotion when discussing abortion.

摘要

•Exposure to incivility in political debates can be both upsetting and engaging.•Result shows differential effects of two kinds of incivility, insults and mockery.•Both mockery and insult lead to negative emotion when discussing gun control.•Only mockery, not insult, lead to negative emotion when discussing abortion.

论文关键词：Incivility,Cross-cutting exposure,Social media

论文评审过程：Available online 5 December 2017, Version of Record 22 December 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.041