Unfriending effects: Testing contrasting indirect-effects relationships between exposure to hate speech on political talk via social media unfriending

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Highlights：

• Exposure to hate speech is positively associated with social media unfriending.

• Unfriending is positively related to like-minded political talk and negatively associated with cross-cutting discussion.

• Unfriending mediates the relationship between exposure to hate speech and political talk.

摘要

•Exposure to hate speech is positively associated with social media unfriending.•Unfriending is positively related to like-minded political talk and negatively associated with cross-cutting discussion.•Unfriending mediates the relationship between exposure to hate speech and political talk.

论文关键词：Unfriending,Cross-cutting talk,Hate speech,Selective avoidance,User-filtration

论文评审过程：Received 9 April 2022, Revised 21 June 2022, Accepted 23 July 2022, Available online 10 August 2022, Version of Record 17 August 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107414