Título Trolling and insulting others on social media in Spain: the role of social media news use, culture of impunity, and social media envy
Autores Goyanes, Manuel , INGUANZO ORTIZ, ISABEL, de Zuniga, Homero Gil
Publicación externa No
Medio JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 2
Cuartil SJR 1
Fecha de publicacion 29/04/2024
ISI 001209135200001
DOI 10.1080/19331681.2024.2348150
Abstract Prior research has delved into the diverse effects that social media news consumption has over broader social media interaction patterns. From social ties curation, to ties filtering, blocking, and other behaviors, social media news consumption has been empirically deemed to influence the way citizens socialize in these virtual spaces. Drawing on a diverse and nationally representative two wave-panel data from Spain, this study builds on this strand of the literature by investigating the role of social media news, social media culture of impunity and social media envy or feelings of jealousy, and resentment toward others, over trolling and insulting people in social media. Results show that social media news has a direct association with malicious trolling but does not fuel abusive verbal interactions. The latter is mainly explained by individuals who embrace a culture of impunity - the expectation that in social media one may commit a crime or violation and not be held accountable-, and social media envy. Furthermore, there is a positive divergent interaction between social media envy and culture of impunity on insulting other citizens. That is, people who report higher levels of social media envy and culture of impunity tend to engage in insulting others the most in social media.
Palabras clave Social media news; social media culture of impunity; social media envy; social media trolling; insulting others in social media
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