‘Don’t talk to me’: effects of ideologically homogeneous online groups and politically dissimilar offline ties on extremism
‘Don’t talk to me’: effects of ideologically homogeneous online groups and politically dissimilar offline ties on extremism
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“别跟我说话”：意识形态同质的在线群体和政治上不同的线下联系对极端主义的影响
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Magdalena E. Wojcieszak
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作者：
Magdalena E. Wojcieszak
本研究分析了从新纳粹在线论坛的受访者中获得的横截面数据以及这些论坛上发布的文本数据。它评估了参与激进和同质的在线团体对意见极端主义的影响，并探讨了这种影响是否取决于强弱线下联系的政治差异。具体来说，差异是减弱（如商议理论家所希望的）还是加剧（如对偏见处理的研究所预测的）极端观点？正如预期的那样，极端主义随着网络参与的增加而增加，这可能是由于网络群体内部的信息和规范影响。支持审慎和有偏见的处理模式，志同道合和不同的社会关系在线下都加剧了极端主义。与偏向加工模型一致，不同的线下关系加剧了线上群体的影响。讨论了理论和实践意义。
This study analyzes cross-sectional data obtained from respondents in neo-Nazi online discussion forums and textual data from postings to these forums. It assesses the impact of participation in radical and homogeneous online groups on opinion extremism and probes whether this impact depends on political dissimilarity of strong and weak offline ties. Specifically, does dissimilarity attenuate (as deliberative theorists hope) or rather exacerbate (as research on biased processing predicts) extreme opinions? As expected, extremism increases with increased online participation, likely due to the informational and normative influences operating within online groups. Supporting the deliberative and biased processing models, both like-minded and dissimilar social ties offline exacerbate extremism. Consistent with the biased processing model, dissimilar offline ties exacerbate the effects of online groups. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.