You Need To Calm Down: How Tone Shapes Political Discussions

• In Event: Social Networks and Political Psychology

Brief Overview

Although political discussions have numerous benefits for society, people are averse to them. We propose and show that this aversion is due to the tone of political discussions and that the benefits of these discussions are also reliant on this tone.

Authors

• Elizabeth C Connors, University of South Carolina

• Chris Howell, University of South Carolina-Columbia