The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions

• Main Authors: Tan, Kenny W. P., Swee, Debbie, Lim, Corinne, Detenber, Benjamin H., Alsagoff, Lubna
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Computer-mediated Communication; Factorial design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143696
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An experimental design was employed in the investigation of the impact of two status cues, language style and source expertise, on people’s perceptions of online political discussants and their intentions and motivations to participate in local online political discussion fora. Specifically, the c...