Political News in and Through Social Media

Abstract

Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have transformed the ways in how people consume political information. This panel consists of both papers that focus on the supply side (e.g. Which articles are more often shared on social media? When do political actors use references to the news on their social media channels?) and the demand side (e.g. which individuals tend to have more diverse social media information diets?).

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Tell Me Who is Your Friend: the Automated Content Analysis of Voters’ Responses to Parties on Social Media During the Electoral Race	View Paper Details
News Sharing by Party Line? An Analysis of Source Sharing Patterns in Political Social Media Discussions	View Paper Details
10.000 Facebook Users Cannot Be Wrong. The Effects of Popularity Cues and User Comments on Sharing Controversial Facebook News Stories	View Paper Details
Diverse Opinion Exposure on SNS: Investigating the Role of Ideological Extremity, Political Involvement, and Online Networks	View Paper Details
Do Online Intermediaries Increase the Frequency and Diversity of News Exposure? Cross-Country Evidence from Web Tracking and Surveys	View Paper Details