One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

The world of today presents a duality of phenomenal progress and persistent ills. Amid such
existential contradictions, public deliberation forms one of the central pillars of a functional …

In recent years, social media has become a ubiquitous and integral part of social discourse.
Homophily is a fundamental topic in network science and can provide insights into the flow …

Do men and women perceive cybercrime types differently? This article draws on the
distinction between socio‐economic and psychosocial cybercrime proposed by Lazarus …

This article is about the manifestations of similarities between two seemingly distinct groups
of Nigerians: cybercriminals and politicians. Which linguistic strategies do Twitter users use …

How do tweets reflect the long-standing disparities between the northern and southern
regions of Nigeria? This study presents a qualitative analysis of Twitter users' responses (n …

Social media provides new platforms for political participation and ideological
categorization. However, little research has been done on how party preference is related to …

Prior literature on political filter bubbles suggests an overall positive association between
social media use and political networks diversification. Sometimes, this might not be the …

This paper aims to uncover the logic governing members' engagement in WeChat-based
support communities (WBSCs) influenced by the affordances of WeChat groups. From a …

Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental
pattern to understand human relations. As such, the study of homophily can provide key …