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

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-266

  Choi, Jihyang ^a   Lee, Jae Kook ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network heterogeneity; News sharing; Political interest; Social networking services (SNSs)

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NETWORK HETEROGENEITY; NEWS SHARING; POLITICAL INTEREST; SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84916912017     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.029     Document Type: Article

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