Do People Prefer to Share Political Information That Boosts Their Ingroup or Derogates the Outgroup?

Recent analyses of social media activity indicate that outgroup animosity drives user engagement more than ingroup favoritism, with content that derogates the outgroup tending to generate more viral responses online. However, it is unclear whether those findings are due to most people's underly...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. General 2025-05, Vol.154 (5), p.1221-1235
Main Authors: Kasper, Jakob, Gilovich, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Animosity
Bias
Communication
Favoritism
Female
Group identity
Group Processes
Human
Humans
Ingroup Outgroup
Intergroup relations
Male
Manipulation
Mass media
Media Exposure
Politics
Preferences
Social Identity
Social Media
Social networks
Uncertainty
Young Adult
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