Investigating the effects of news sharing and political interest on social media network heterogeneity

•We investigated whether SNS use promotes the encounters with dissimilar ideas.•Frequent SNS use entails a greater chance of interacting with heterogeneous others.•News sharing activities mediate the link between SNS use and network heterogeneity.•Political interest moderates the link between news s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Computers in human behavior 2015-03, Vol.44, p.258-266
Hauptverfasser:	Choi, Jihyang, Lee, Jae Kook
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Citizens Digital media Exposure Heterogeneity Human behavior Mass Media Effects Network heterogeneity Networks News News sharing Political interest Social networking services (SNSs) Social Networks Social Services
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