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The Effects of Social Approval Signals on the Production of Online Hate: A Theoretical Explication

Communication Research

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Abstract

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This essay explicates a middle range theory to predict and explain the propagation and magnification of hate messages on social media. It builds upon an assumption that people post hate messages in order to garner signals of social approval from other ...