Online Engagement Between Opposing Political Protest Groups via Social Media is Linked to Physical Violence of Offline Encounters

The rise of the Internet and social media has allowed individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to communicate with one another in an open and largely unstructured way. One important question is whether the nature of online engagements between groups relates to the nature of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John D. Gallacher, Marc W. Heerdink, Miles Hewstone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120984445