Influential Factors on Collective Anxiety of Online Topic-Based Communities

Background: Under the uncertainty led by the decentralized information on social media, people seek homogeneity in either opinions or affection to establish group identity to better understand the information. This also means they are easily polarized, not only ideologically but also in their action...

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Main Authors: Yi Yang, Na Ta, Kaiyu Li, Fang Jiao, Baijing Hu, Zhanghao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.740065/full