Anger in Wikipedia: Perceived intentionality and threat appraisal as mediators of anger about man‐made attacks. Issue 2 (9th January 2019)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Anger in Wikipedia: Perceived intentionality and threat appraisal as mediators of anger about man‐made attacks. Issue 2 (9th January 2019)
- Main Title:
- Anger in Wikipedia: Perceived intentionality and threat appraisal as mediators of anger about man‐made attacks
- Authors:
- Greving, Hannah
Cress, Ulrike
Kimmerle, Joachim - Abstract:
- Abstract: The online encyclopedia Wikipedia has established strict guidelines for the objectivity of content. At the same time, Wikipedia includes articles on negative events, such as disasters or man‐made attacks. These events can elicit strong emotions, which in turn may spill over into Wikipedia articles. Previous research has shown that Wikipedia articles on man‐made attacks contain more anger‐related content than Wikipedia articles on disasters. Building on these findings, we aimed to investigate whether the threat that Wikipedia authors experience when they learn of an attack is relevant as a factor in explaining the anger effect. Threat is known to elicit active and engaged reactions, such as anger, which is why it is a likely explaining factor. Our research also aimed to replicate the findings from the linguistic analysis of the Wikipedia articles using controlled scenario‐based laboratory experiments. Three studies demonstrated that man‐made attacks (terrorist attack, shooting rampage) elicited more threat, more anger, and more expressions of anger‐related content in Wikipedia texts than nature‐made disasters (earthquake, flood) and man‐made disasters (train accident). Moreover, threat was relevant as a factor in explaining the effects on anger and anger‐related content in the Wikipedia texts. These mediations could be explained by the perceived intentionality of the event. This research highlights the findings that perceived intentionality and threat are relevantAbstract: The online encyclopedia Wikipedia has established strict guidelines for the objectivity of content. At the same time, Wikipedia includes articles on negative events, such as disasters or man‐made attacks. These events can elicit strong emotions, which in turn may spill over into Wikipedia articles. Previous research has shown that Wikipedia articles on man‐made attacks contain more anger‐related content than Wikipedia articles on disasters. Building on these findings, we aimed to investigate whether the threat that Wikipedia authors experience when they learn of an attack is relevant as a factor in explaining the anger effect. Threat is known to elicit active and engaged reactions, such as anger, which is why it is a likely explaining factor. Our research also aimed to replicate the findings from the linguistic analysis of the Wikipedia articles using controlled scenario‐based laboratory experiments. Three studies demonstrated that man‐made attacks (terrorist attack, shooting rampage) elicited more threat, more anger, and more expressions of anger‐related content in Wikipedia texts than nature‐made disasters (earthquake, flood) and man‐made disasters (train accident). Moreover, threat was relevant as a factor in explaining the effects on anger and anger‐related content in the Wikipedia texts. These mediations could be explained by the perceived intentionality of the event. This research highlights the findings that perceived intentionality and threat are relevant mediating factors for feelings and expressions of anger after man‐made attacks. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of applied social psychology. Volume 49:Issue 2(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of applied social psychology
- Issue:
- Volume 49:Issue 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 49, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0049-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 99
- Page End:
- 116
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-09
- Subjects:
- anger -- disasters -- emotions -- intentionality -- man‐made attacks -- threat -- Wikipedia
Social psychology -- Periodicals
Behavior -- Periodicals
Psychology, Social -- Periodicals
302 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1111/jasp.12568 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0021-9029
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