Civility vs. incivility in online social interactions: An evolutionary approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Antoci, Angelo ^a   Delfino, Alexia ^b   Paglieri, Fabio ^c   Panebianco, Fabrizio ^d   Sabatini, Fabio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WELFARE; AGGRESSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84994047203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164286     Document Type: Article

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