This is a meta-analysis of 460 effect sizes, from 66 independent samples, comparing social media usage to a variety of attitudes and beliefs, from the perspective of cultivation theory …
Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists …
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 …
E Stoycheff - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Since Edward Snowden exposed the National Security Agency's use of controversial online surveillance programs in 2013, there has been widespread speculation about the potentially …
The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …
In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Second Edition, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group …
Social media facilitates the formation of identity bubbles that reinforce shared identities, social homophily, and reliance on the information shared within the bubbles. Currently …
This study investigates the barriers to challenging others who post misinformation on social media platforms. We conducted a survey amongst UK Facebook users (143 (57.2%) women …
HT Chen - New Media & Society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Using two-wave panel data from Hong Kong, this study examines the spiral of silence process on social media. It extends the theoretical framework by including both supporting …