There has been much debate about how cultural differences between ethnic groups may affect the cohesion of multicultural societies. Still, we know little about the extent to which cultural differences between groups also materialize into behavioral differences, especially in online settings. To study this, we conducted an experiment in which second-generation Moroccan and Turkish Dutch participants first indicated their personal opinion on sexual liberalism, and then participated in discussions on this topic on an online platform. On the discussion platform, participants were randomly assigned to either a progressive, conservative or mixed online discussion. Overall, we found that the convergence between personal opinions and online expressions was stronger for progressive than for conservative participants. Additionally, conservatives (but not progressives) were less likely to express their personal opinions, and more likely to deviate from their personal opinions, when they were exposed to an incongruent versus congruent online environment.

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个人观点与在线表达有何关系？荷兰穆斯林少数民族的实验研究


关于种族群体之间的文化差异如何影响多元文化社会的凝聚力一直存在很多争论。尽管如此，我们对群体之间的文化差异在多大程度上会转化为行为差异（尤其是在网络环境中）知之甚少。为了研究这个问题，我们进行了一项实验，第二代摩洛哥人和土耳其荷兰人的参与者首先表达了他们对性自由主义的个人看法，然后在在线平台上参与了关于这个话题的讨论。在讨论平台上，参与者被随机分配到渐进式、保守式或混合式在线讨论中。总体而言，我们发现进步派参与者的个人观点和网络表达之间的趋同性比保守派参与者更强。此外，当保守派（但不是进步派）暴露在不一致与一致的网络环境中时，他们不太可能表达自己的个人观点，并且更有可能偏离自己的个人观点。