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. 2015 Feb 3;10(2):e0117476. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117476

Table 2. Design of Study 2.

Condition Confirmatory Study Confutative Study
Liking/Disliking “thumb up”-button (i.e., like) “thumb down”-button (i.e., dislike) “thumb up”-button (i.e., like) “thumb down”-button (i.e., dislike)
Posting Behavior “Pro comment” textbox (i.e., positive comment) “Contra comment” textbox (i.e., negative comment) “Pro comment” textbox (i.e., positive comment) “Contra comment” textbox (i.e., negative comment)
Content Analysis Frequency of 5 categories Frequency of 5 categories
Evaluation Evaluation of the study (9 items) Evaluation of the study (9 items)