The Interplay of Knowledge Overestimation, Social Media Use, and Populist Ideas: Cross-Sectional and Experimental Evidence From Germany and Taiwan

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Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Social media expose users to an abundance of information about various issues. But they also make it difficult for users to assess the quality of this information. If users do not recognize this, they may overest… Continue reading The Interplay of Knowledge Overestimation, Social Media Use, and Populist Ideas: Cross-Sectional and Experimental Evidence From Germany and Taiwan→

The Effects of Language Features and Accents on the Arousal of Psychological Reactance and Communication Outcomes

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Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Guided by psychological reactance theory, we examined the effects of language features on arousing reactance and communication outcomes. Results of a 2 (controllingness; high/low) × 2 (concreteness; concrete/abst… Continue reading The Effects of Language Features and Accents on the Arousal of Psychological Reactance and Communication Outcomes→