Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.

Social platforms are seen as hotbeds of political debate, where squabbles between users with different views and positions have become commonplace. From the perspective of social cognition, this study considered the individual variables (degree of political firmness and political efficacy) and situa...

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Main Authors: Zhong Fangqi, Lian Shuixing, Song Meijie, Yan Lingyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313099
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description Social platforms are seen as hotbeds of political debate, where squabbles between users with different views and positions have become commonplace. From the perspective of social cognition, this study considered the individual variables (degree of political firmness and political efficacy) and situation variables (news credibility and life satisfaction) synthetically to construct a structural equation model. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political use on social platforms. The results show that users' political firmness, the credibility of news in the media environment, and real-life satisfaction all contribute to their quarrelsome behavior on social platforms.
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spelling doaj-art-a32ce462e2cc459297f3d61d04fe4d212025-08-20T02:28:19ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01202e031309910.1371/journal.pone.0313099Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.Zhong FangqiLian ShuixingSong MeijieYan LingyanSocial platforms are seen as hotbeds of political debate, where squabbles between users with different views and positions have become commonplace. From the perspective of social cognition, this study considered the individual variables (degree of political firmness and political efficacy) and situation variables (news credibility and life satisfaction) synthetically to construct a structural equation model. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political use on social platforms. The results show that users' political firmness, the credibility of news in the media environment, and real-life satisfaction all contribute to their quarrelsome behavior on social platforms.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313099
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Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
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title Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
title_full Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
title_fullStr Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
title_full_unstemmed Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
title_short Media technology is not the culprit: Factors influencing users' quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use.
title_sort media technology is not the culprit factors influencing users quarrelsome behavior in political social platform use
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313099
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