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View article: Implications of online incidental and selective exposure for political emotions: Affective polarization during elections
Implications of online incidental and selective exposure for political emotions: Affective polarization during elections Open
The Internet and social media create an environment in which individuals can selectively approach information supporting their political worldviews while also being incidentally exposed to socially shared information that challenges their …
View article: Sharing and Commenting Facilitate Political Learning on Facebook: Evidence From a Two-Wave Panel Study
Sharing and Commenting Facilitate Political Learning on Facebook: Evidence From a Two-Wave Panel Study Open
Social media, as sources of political news and sites of political discussion, may be novel environments for political learning. Many early reports, however, failed to find that social media use promotes gains in political knowledge. Prior …
View article: Political Rumor Communication on Instant Messaging Platforms: Relationships With Political Participation and Knowledge
Political Rumor Communication on Instant Messaging Platforms: Relationships With Political Participation and Knowledge Open
Modern communication technologies have vastly increased the reach and influence of political rumors, with negative consequences for democratic political systems globally. Rumor communication can be theorized as a form of political talk tha…
View article: When Social Media Get Political: How Perceptions of Open-Mindedness Influence Political Expression on Facebook
When Social Media Get Political: How Perceptions of Open-Mindedness Influence Political Expression on Facebook Open
The use of social media for developing and maintaining relationships can offer a gateway for users to open up and express their political views. Building on previous literature on the “spillover effect” in which relational use of social me…
View article: Incidental Exposure, Selective Exposure, and Political Information Sharing: Integrating Online Exposure Patterns and Expression on Social Media
Incidental Exposure, Selective Exposure, and Political Information Sharing: Integrating Online Exposure Patterns and Expression on Social Media Open
Political information sharing in social media offers citizens opportunities to engage with news and express their political views, but how do different patterns of online political information exposure, including both incidental and select…
View article: From Online Disagreement to Offline Action: How Diverse Motivations for Using Social Media Can Increase Political Information Sharing and Catalyze Offline Political Participation
From Online Disagreement to Offline Action: How Diverse Motivations for Using Social Media Can Increase Political Information Sharing and Catalyze Offline Political Participation Open
Amid growing concerns over the contentious tenor of online political discourse, scholars have begun to recognize that the social contexts and affordances provided by social media may present indirect pathways from online political discussi…