Incivility on Facebook and political polarization: The mediating role of seeking further comments and negative emotion

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Highlights：

• Exposure to uncivil disagreeing comments reduces one's willingness to read more comments.

• Exposure to uncivil disagreeing comments induces negative emotions. .

• Willingness to read more comments mediates the effect of uncivil disagreeing comments on attitude polarization.

• Negative emotion mediates the effect of uncivil disagreeing comments on attitude polarization.

摘要

•Exposure to uncivil disagreeing comments reduces one's willingness to read more comments.•Exposure to uncivil disagreeing comments induces negative emotions. .•Willingness to read more comments mediates the effect of uncivil disagreeing comments on attitude polarization.•Negative emotion mediates the effect of uncivil disagreeing comments on attitude polarization.

论文关键词：Polarization,Civility,Uncivil comments,Social media,Willingness to read more comments,Emotion

论文评审过程：Received 15 February 2019, Revised 13 May 2019, Accepted 14 May 2019, Available online 16 May 2019, Version of Record 29 May 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.022