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Hate speech as a form of entertainment: an unexpected support for the gratification hypothesis on Twitter.

This paper is trying to explore the Uses and Gratification hypothesis, as it applies to Twitter political debates. The findings show that the level of ideological segregation online may be lower than the previous research in this area indicated. Simultaneously, this study may provide an unexpected s...

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Published in:Atlantic Journal of Communication Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 763 - 780
Main Authors: Nikolaev, Alexander G., Porpora, Douglas, Coffman, Nicholas, Elliott-Maksymowicz, Katarzyna
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov/Dec2024
Subjects:
Hate speech
Political debates
Political oratory
Entertaining
Hypothesis
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost