Contribution of Internet news use to reducing the influence of selective online exposure on political diversity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1450-1457

  Jun, Najin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet news; Online discussion; Political heterogeneity; Selective exposure; Social network; The Internet

Indexed keywords

ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; ONLINE INTERACTION; ONLINE NEWS; POLITICAL HETEROGENEITY; SELECTIVE EXPOSURE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL ASPECTS;

INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84860314979     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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