The ability of social media users to express themselves online should be influential for opinion formation, including potential polarization. Still, little is known about how expression interacts with users’ psychological predispositions, especially for controversial topics. The potential for expression to relate to support for social media-based racial justice movements, which could also be affected by underlying feelings of racial resentment, is particularly interesting. We apply the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model (DSMM) to the study of the relationship between social media expression and issue polarization regarding Black Lives Matter. In a survey of social media users conducted during the 2016 U.S. presidential elect...
This thesis makes use of existing research and data to create a clearer understanding of the impact ...
We explore if misinformation from political elites (i.e., members of the US Congress) and extreme pa...
How close an individual identifies with their race or ethnicity can affect how individuals behave as...
Social media has changed people’s experience with political language. Social media platforms have be...
There is considerable disagreement among scholars as to whether social media fuels polarization in s...
Discourse incivility is rampant online and has been linked to various adverse democratic outcomes, i...
There has been growing concern about the role social media plays in political polarization. We inves...
Social media has been widely regarded as a significant contributor to the rising political polarizat...
Despite an increasing body of research focusing on the use of social media posts for inferring vario...
For the last few decades, social media in all forms has been an extremely prevalent part of people’s...
abstract: Social media is explosively popular in discussing socio-political issues. This work provid...
At the beginning of its diffusion as a mass communication medium, the Internet had been enthusiastic...
Social media has played a substantial role in how individuals communicate and connect with the world...
One culprit in the sharp increase in political polarization is social media use. We conduct two stud...
Social media and the web have provided a foundation where users can easily access diverse informatio...
This thesis makes use of existing research and data to create a clearer understanding of the impact ...
We explore if misinformation from political elites (i.e., members of the US Congress) and extreme pa...
How close an individual identifies with their race or ethnicity can affect how individuals behave as...
Social media has changed people’s experience with political language. Social media platforms have be...
There is considerable disagreement among scholars as to whether social media fuels polarization in s...
Discourse incivility is rampant online and has been linked to various adverse democratic outcomes, i...
There has been growing concern about the role social media plays in political polarization. We inves...
Social media has been widely regarded as a significant contributor to the rising political polarizat...
Despite an increasing body of research focusing on the use of social media posts for inferring vario...
For the last few decades, social media in all forms has been an extremely prevalent part of people’s...
abstract: Social media is explosively popular in discussing socio-political issues. This work provid...
At the beginning of its diffusion as a mass communication medium, the Internet had been enthusiastic...
Social media has played a substantial role in how individuals communicate and connect with the world...
One culprit in the sharp increase in political polarization is social media use. We conduct two stud...
Social media and the web have provided a foundation where users can easily access diverse informatio...
This thesis makes use of existing research and data to create a clearer understanding of the impact ...
We explore if misinformation from political elites (i.e., members of the US Congress) and extreme pa...
How close an individual identifies with their race or ethnicity can affect how individuals behave as...