野外群际接触：NBA相关论坛群际与单群成员语言差异的特征
Intergroup Contact in the Wild: Characterizing Language Differences between Intergroup and Single-group Members in NBA-related Discussion Forums
摘要：
群体间的接触一直被认为是减少群体间偏见的有效策略。然而，最近的研究表明，在网络平台上接触对立群体会加剧两极分化。为了进一步了解在实践中积极参与群际接触的个体的行为，我们提供了一个大规模的观察性研究，研究了有和没有群际接触的成员之间的群内行为差异。我们利用Reddit上与NBA相关的讨论论坛的现有结构来研究职业体育的背景。我们将每支NBA球队的球迷识别为一个群体的成员，并追踪他们是否有群体间的联系。我们的研究结果表明，在控制活动水平后，与没有这种联系的成员相比，有组间联系的成员在其所属的组中使用更多的负面和辱骂性语言。我们进一步量化了不同层次的群际接触，并表明可能存在关于群际接触如何与群内行为相关的非线性机制。我们的研究结果为新背景下的实验研究提供了补充证据，并阐明了先前研究中不同结果的可能原因。
英文摘要：
Intergroup contact has long been considered as an effective strategy to reduce prejudice between groups. However, recent studies suggest that exposure to opposing groups in online platforms can exacerbate polarization. To further understand the behavior of individuals who actively engage in intergroup contact in practice, we provide a large-scale observational study of intragroup behavioral differences between members with and without intergroup contact. We leverage the existing structure of NBA-related discussion forums on Reddit to study the context of professional sports. We identify fans of each NBA team as members of a group and trace whether they have intergroup contact. Our results show that members with intergroup contact use more negative and abusive language in their affiliated group than those without such contact, after controlling for activity levels. We further quantify different levels of intergroup contact and show that there may exist nonlinear mechanisms regarding how intergroup contact relates to intragroup behavior. Our findings provide complementary evidence to experimental studies in a novel context and also shed light on possible reasons for the different outcomes in prior studies.
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