[Air-l] Source of research sought

[Christine L. Ogan]

I'm looking for research on people who respond to opinions or ideas 
they read in listservs or on Internet sites. If I remember correctly, 
people who write in response to an idea they read on a listserv tend to 
disagree with the published statement. Is that so? Who has conducted 
research on this phenomenon?  I am studying email responses to an essay 
that appeared in a political opinion web site.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Chris Ogan
Professor of Journalism
School of Journalism
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970 E. Seventh Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-7108

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