Reading more vs. writing back: Situation affordances drive reactions to conflicting information on the internet

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Highlights：

• Results suggest that situation affordances (ability to write back or read more) affect how people respond to (conflicting) information in online forums.

• If participants only had the opportunity to respond, they chose to write back to those they disagreed with.

• If participants only had the opportunity to read more, they chose to read more from those they agreed with.

• These results help us understand how people can at the same time have the filter bubble while paying the most attention and speaking most to people they disagree with.

摘要

•Results suggest that situation affordances (ability to write back or read more) affect how people respond to (conflicting) information in online forums.•If participants only had the opportunity to respond, they chose to write back to those they disagreed with.•If participants only had the opportunity to read more, they chose to read more from those they agreed with.•These results help us understand how people can at the same time have the filter bubble while paying the most attention and speaking most to people they disagree with.

论文关键词：Cognitive conflict,Confirmation bias,Information selection,Online communication,Psychology,Social media,Affordances,Website design

论文评审过程：Received 15 July 2016, Revised 17 April 2017, Accepted 19 April 2017, Available online 20 April 2017, Version of Record 4 May 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.041