Party Competition: When Democrats and Republicans Are Motivated to Post Misinformation on Social Media?
This paper investigates when people post misinformation online. By conducting two experiments, this research demonstrates that in a competitive (vs. cooperative) context, people especially Republicans have a higher intention to post anti-outgroup (vs. anti-ingroup) misinformation due to an affiliation motive. This research helps to understand the pervasive misinformation phenomenon online.
Citation:
Xiajing Zhu and Connie Pechmann (2021) ,"Party Competition: When Democrats and Republicans Are Motivated to Post Misinformation on Social Media?", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49, eds. Tonya Williams Bradford, Anat Keinan, and Matthew Matthew Thomson, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 907-907.
Authors
Xiajing Zhu, University of California, Irvine
Connie Pechmann, University of California, Irvine
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 | 2021
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