Audience fragmentation is often taken as evidence of social polarization. Yet the tools we
use to study fragmentation provide limited information about how people allocate their …

Environmental communication (EC) is of great significance to the practice of environmental
protection by human society, as it involves disseminating ecological and environmental …

In a high-choice media environment, there are fears that individuals will select media and
content that reinforce their existing beliefs and lead to segregation based on interest and/or …

This paper analyzes news use during the COVID-19 pandemic, asking how people balance
between conflicting needs for information and disconnection in an extraordinary situation …

During the last decennia media environments and political communication systems have
changed fundamentally. These changes have major ramifications for the political information …

In light of the recent US election, many fear that “fake news” has become a force of
enormous reach and influence within the news media environment. We draw on well …

The advent of social media and microblogging platforms has radically changed the way we
consume information and form opinions. In this paper, we explore the anatomy of the …

In a fragmented digital media environment where news is increasingly encountered
passively in social media feeds and via automated mobile alerts, active avoidance of news …

News avoidance is considered an increasing problem for the news industry and democracy
at large. As news companies lose consumers, democracy loses the informed foundation for …

Emotions, such as anger and fear, have been shown to influence people's political behavior.
However, few studies link emotions specifically to how people debate political issues and …