The strategic presentation of user comments affects how political messages are evaluated on social media sites: Evidence for robust effects across party lines

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Highlights:

• Policy organizations that delete social media comments were less trusted and endorsed.

• Commenters affiliated with the policy organization were less trusted and endorsed.

• Viewers' political ideology did not influence evaluations of the policy organization.

摘要

•Policy organizations that delete social media comments were less trusted and endorsed.•Commenters affiliated with the policy organization were less trusted and endorsed.•Viewers' political ideology did not influence evaluations of the policy organization.

论文关键词:Warranting theory,Social media,Online impression management,Fake news,Facebook,Online political communication

论文评审过程:Received 13 June 2018, Revised 29 August 2018, Accepted 1 October 2018, Available online 9 October 2018, Version of Record 18 October 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.10.007