de Jong Jona F
European University Institute, Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9, 50014, Fiesole, FI, Italy.
Commun Psychol. 2024 Jan 5;2(1):5. doi: 10.1038/s44271-023-00051-8.
Can brief, unmoderated cross-partisan discussions reduce political polarization, even when partisans disagree on the issue under discussion? This article reports results from an experiment that matched 582 UK Labour and Conservative party voters for a ten-minute, unmoderated chat discussion about a contentious issue in a wait-list control design. Issue disagreement between discussing partisans randomly varied, and was visible throughout the discussion. Results show that after the discussion, out-partisan sympathy and willingness to have cross-partisan discussions increased. There was no statistically significant effect on opinions. The effect on sympathy was lower when partisans' issue opinions were further apart. Treatment effects correlate with reported experiences of perspective-getting, inclusion in the discussion, commonality and reduced misperceptions. Conservative respondents about to discuss immigration softened their views just prior to the discussion.
简短、无主持人的跨党派讨论能否减少政治两极分化，即使党派人士在讨论的问题上存在分歧？本文报告了一项实验的结果，该实验采用候补名单对照设计，让582名英国工党和保守党选民配对，就一个有争议的问题进行十分钟的无主持人聊天讨论。讨论的党派人士之间的问题分歧随机变化，且在整个讨论过程中都很明显。结果表明，讨论后，党外同情以及进行跨党派讨论的意愿有所增加。对观点没有统计学上的显著影响。当党派人士在问题上的观点分歧更大时，对同情的影响较小。治疗效果与所报告的获取观点、参与讨论、共性以及减少误解的经历相关。即将讨论移民问题的保守党受访者在讨论前软化了他们的观点。
