Attitude moderation: A comparison of online chat and face-to-face conversation
2013
Face-to-face conversation and online chat were compared on their tendency to moderate attitudes through exposure to an opposing perspective. As predicted on the basis of the greater self-focus and reduced presence of the other in text-based chat, strangers who chatted online for 20min about a divisive social issue on which they held opposing attitudes showed less movement toward their partner's position as a result than did those who spoke face-to-face for the same length of time. The potential limitation of text-based online communication for bridging attitude divides is discussed.
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