User comments

Differential perceptions of and reactions to incivil and intolerant user comments

Building on recent research that challenges the notion that norm violations in online discussions are inherently detrimental, this …

Patterns of incivility on U.S. congress members’ social media accounts: A comprehensive analysis of the influence of platform, post, and person characteristics

With social media now being ubiquitously used by citizens and political actors, concerns over the incivility of interactions on these …

(Why) does comment presentation order matter for the effects of user comments? Assessing the role of the availability heuristic and the bandwagon heuristic

Research has shown that user comments influence peoples’ perceptions, with recent evidence suggesting that comment presentation order …

Negativity wins at last: How presentation order and valence of user comments affect perceptions of journalistic quality

A number of studies show that user comments on news websites can affect news-related judgments and perceptions. However, with news …

User-Generated (Dis)Content. Eine Literatursynopse zur Nutzung der Kommentarfunktion auf Nachrichtensites im Internet

Nutzerkommentare machen Publikumsreaktionen auf und Anschlusskommunikation über journalistische Inhalte öffentlich und gelten als eine …

Commenting quality. Effects of user comments on perceptions of journalistic quality

The (participatory) opportunities provided by interactive features on news sites have been widely theorized and investigated in recent …