Selectively sharing satirical news: Strengthening an empirical understanding of how agreement, mirth, and perceived informativeness contribute to the diffusion of mediated comedy

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Highlights：

• Remarkably little research focuses on the factors and mechanisms that propel the sharing of satirical news/mediated comedy.

• This study probes the dynamics of cognitive consistency and satirical news’s experiential and instrumental value.

• Individuals most inclined to share satire when agree with the content, experience mirth, and deem the content informative.

• The strength of these dynamics are most pronounced when the sharing recipients are likeminded.

摘要

•Remarkably little research focuses on the factors and mechanisms that propel the sharing of satirical news/mediated comedy.•This study probes the dynamics of cognitive consistency and satirical news’s experiential and instrumental value.•Individuals most inclined to share satire when agree with the content, experience mirth, and deem the content informative.•The strength of these dynamics are most pronounced when the sharing recipients are likeminded.

论文关键词：Satirical news,Mediated comedy,Mirth,Theory of reasoned action,Integrated behavioral model,Sharing,Cognitive consistency

论文评审过程：Received 29 January 2021, Revised 6 August 2021, Accepted 21 November 2021, Available online 1 December 2021, Version of Record 9 December 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107108