The contribution of social network sites to exposure to political difference: The relationships among SNSs, online political messaging, and exposure to cross-cutting perspectives

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 971-977

  Kim, Yonghwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure to cross cutting viewpoints; Internet; Online political messaging; Political difference; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CUTTING; DEMOCRATIC PROCESS; ONLINE POLITICAL MESSAGING; POLITICAL DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

INTERNET;

EID: 79551500567     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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