Social Media, Reaction Mechanisms, and the Manifestation of Political Discourse: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of 100 Million User Comments on Reddit

• In Event: Social Media Ecosystems and Their Effects Across Platforms

Brief Overview

We perform a quasi-experimental analysis and investigate whether different reaction mechanisms (up & downvotes) influence the political discourse on reddit in terms of deliberation, civic discourse, and demagoguery.

Authors

• Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Princeton University

• Severin Engelmann, Technical University of Munich

• Amy Winecoff, Princeton University