Intergroup contact through online comments : effects of direct and extended contact on outgroup attitudes

• Main Authors: Kim, Nuri, Wojcieszak, Magdalena
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Intergroup Contact; Extended Contact
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87736; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45481
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study contributes to the still limited evidence on the effects of online intergroup contact. We conceptualize online contact as occurring through users’ comments online, an easy and accessible venue for intergroup encounters. We test two forms of online contact: encountering an outgroup member...