Publication: “Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions
“Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions
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Marchal, N. (2022). “Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions. Communication Research, 49(3), 376–398. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211042516
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Affective polarization—growing animosity and hostility between political rivals—has become increasingly characteristic of Western politics. While this phenomenon is well-documented through surveys, few studies investigate whether and how it manifests in the digital context, and what mechanisms underpin it. Drawing on social identity and intergroup theories, this study employs computational methods to explore to what extent political discussions on Reddit’s r/politics are affectively polarized, and what communicative factors shape thes
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- Marchal, Nahema
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Marchal, N. (2022). “Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions. Communication Research, 49(3), 376–398. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211042516
