Self-expression just a click away: Source interactivity impacts on confirmation bias and political attitudes

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Highlights：

• An experiment examined source interactivity (SI: up-/down-voting) impacts on confirmation bias and attitude reinforcement.

• Custom programmed research software presented political messages and SI while logging voting and selective exposure.

• SI (ability to up- or down-vote messages) reduced the confirmation bias.

• Independent of exposure, voting on messages in line with prior attitudes reinforced attitudes.

摘要

•An experiment examined source interactivity (SI: up-/down-voting) impacts on confirmation bias and attitude reinforcement.•Custom programmed research software presented political messages and SI while logging voting and selective exposure.•SI (ability to up- or down-vote messages) reduced the confirmation bias.•Independent of exposure, voting on messages in line with prior attitudes reinforced attitudes.

论文关键词：Politics,Self-expression,Confirmation bias,Persuasion,Interactivity

论文评审过程：Received 16 May 2020, Revised 11 September 2020, Accepted 14 September 2020, Available online 18 September 2020, Version of Record 23 September 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106571