The role of news in promoting political disagreement on social media

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 211-218

  Barnidge, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosscutting exposure; News; Political disagreement; Political engagement; Social media

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CROSSCUTTING EXPOSURE; NEWS; POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT; POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84934969413     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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