Triggering participation: Exploring the effects of third-person and hostile media perceptions on online participation

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Highlights：

• We tested how the presence of online comments affects the third-person effect (TPE) and hostile media perception (HMP).

• We examined factors predicting subjects’ likelihood of commenting on an online news story.

• Presence of comments lowers self-other differences and consequently attenuates TPE.

• Perceptions of media bias significantly predict likelihood of commenting.

摘要

•We tested how the presence of online comments affects the third-person effect (TPE) and hostile media perception (HMP).•We examined factors predicting subjects’ likelihood of commenting on an online news story.•Presence of comments lowers self-other differences and consequently attenuates TPE.•Perceptions of media bias significantly predict likelihood of commenting.

论文关键词：Online participation,Digital news,Third-person effect,Hostile media perception

论文评审过程：Received 17 March 2015, Revised 9 June 2015, Accepted 9 June 2015, Available online 23 July 2015, Version of Record 23 July 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.037