The impact of actively open-minded thinking on social media communication
Journal Title: Judgment and Decision Making - Year 2018, Vol 13, Issue 6
Abstract
Online, social media communication is often ambiguous, and it can encourage speed and inattentiveness. We investigated whether Actively Open Minded Thinking (AOT), a dispositional willingness to seek out new or potentially threatening information, may help users avoid these pitfalls. In Study 1, we determined that correctly assessing social media authors’ traits was positively predicted by raters’ AOT. In Study 2, we used data-driven methods to devise a three-dimensional picture of online behaviors of people high or low in AOT, finding that AOT is associated with thoughtful, nuanced, idiosyncratic actions and with resisting the typically fast pace of online interactions. AOT may be an important factor in accurate, socially responsible online behavior.
Authors and Affiliations
Jordan Carpenter, Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro, Jenna Clark, Lucie Flekova, Laura Smith, Margaret L. Kern, Anneke Buffone, Lyle Ungar and Martin Seligman
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