Cross-cutting exposure on social networking sites: The effects of SNS discussion disagreement on political participation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-81

  Lu, Yanqin ^a   Heatherly, Kyle A ^a   Lee, Jae Kook ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Discussion; News use; Participation; Social media

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DISAGREEMENT; DISCUSSION; NEWS USE; PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DRAWING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84957546451     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.030     Document Type: Article

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