A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

P Lorenz-Spreen, L Oswald, S Lewandowsky… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Incidental news exposure in a digital media environment: a scoping review of recent research

S Schäfer - Annals of the International Communication Association, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In digital news environments, incidental news exposure (INE) refers to coming across news
when online for other reasons. In this systematic scoping review, conducted to summarize …

COVID-19 message fatigue: How does it predict preventive behavioral intentions and what types of information are people tired of hearing about?

M Guan, Y Li, JD Scoles, Y Zhu - Health Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the impact of message fatigue and what makes people fatigued in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected with a Qualtrics panel (N= 744) showed …

Democratic consequences of incidental exposure to political information: A meta-analysis

A Nanz, J Matthes - Journal of Communication, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In the last two decades, communication research dedicated substantial attention to the
effects of incidental exposure (IE) to political information. In this meta-analysis, we analyzed …

Knowledge and the news: An investigation of the relation between news use, news avoidance, and the presence of (mis) beliefs

A Damstra, R Vliegenthart… - … Journal of Press …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
While increasing scholarly attention has been devoted to news avoidance, there are only
few studies taking the distinction between intentional and unintentional news avoidance into …

Media multitasking, counterarguing, and brand attitude: Testing the mediation effects of advertising attention and cognitive load

Y Chang, E Thorson - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Inhibiting counterarguing is a critical approach to persuasion. Multitasking effects have been
closely associated with the idea of reducing counterarguing vis cognitive overload. Those …

Frequencies, drivers, and solutions to news non-attendance: Investigating differences between low news usage and news (topic) avoidance with conversational …

J Ohme, T Araujo, B Zarouali, CH de Vreese - Journalism Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Low levels of news seeking can be problematic for an informed citizenry. Previous research
has discussed different types of news non-attendance but conceptual ambiguities between …

Just a glance, or more? Pathways from counter-attitudinal incidental exposure to attitude (de) polarization through response behaviors and cognitive elaboration

HT Chen, Y Kim, M Chan - Journal of Communication, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Using two-wave US panel survey data, this study proposes a moderated serial mediation
model to examine through what paths and under what conditions incidental exposure to …

How does multi-platform social media use lead to biased news engagement? Examining the role of counter-attitudinal incidental exposure, cognitive elaboration, and …

J Guo, HT Chen - Social Media+ Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Using an online panel survey in the United States, this study examines how multi-platform
social media use impacts news engagement on social media. Results show that multi …

Neither absent nor ambient: Incidental news exposure from the perspective of news avoiders in the UK, United States, and Spain

R Palmer, B Toff - The International Journal of Press/Politics, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholars have long argued that incidental news exposure (INE) is a potentially valuable way
citizens gain political information and learn about current affairs. Yet growing scholarship on …