TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding affective intelligence theory through social viewing
T2 - Focusing on the South Korea's 2017 presidential election
AU - Lee, Jiyoung
AU - Choi, Yunjung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Based on the affective intelligence theory (AIT), the current research examines how social viewing on presidential debates influences emotions (anger, fear and enthusiasm) and moreover, how these linkages affect cognitive elaboration and tolerance for opposing views. A national survey conducted in the 2017 presidential election shows that social viewing on presidential debates elicited fear and enthusiasm but only enthusiasm was related to cognitive elaboration. Moreover, cognitive elaboration showed a positive relationship with tolerance for opposing views. Enthusiasm mediated the relationship between social viewing on presidential debates and cognitive elaboration as well as tolerance for opposing views. This research contributes to expanding the AIT in the social viewing context, particularly focusing on the presidential debates.
AB - Based on the affective intelligence theory (AIT), the current research examines how social viewing on presidential debates influences emotions (anger, fear and enthusiasm) and moreover, how these linkages affect cognitive elaboration and tolerance for opposing views. A national survey conducted in the 2017 presidential election shows that social viewing on presidential debates elicited fear and enthusiasm but only enthusiasm was related to cognitive elaboration. Moreover, cognitive elaboration showed a positive relationship with tolerance for opposing views. Enthusiasm mediated the relationship between social viewing on presidential debates and cognitive elaboration as well as tolerance for opposing views. This research contributes to expanding the AIT in the social viewing context, particularly focusing on the presidential debates.
KW - Affective intelligence theory
KW - Cognitive elaboration
KW - Emotion
KW - Social viewing
KW - Tolerance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041401408&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.026
DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041401408
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 83
SP - 119
EP - 128
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
ER -