Incidental exposure to news: Predictors in the social media setting and effects on information gain online

Lee, Jae Kook; Kim, Eun

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.018

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“…Due to the differences in technological affordances and motivation of users, the composition of a person’s online network could vary from site to site (Kim and Lee, 2016; Valenzuela et al, 2018). In this case, the relationship between social media use and incidental exposure may be different on other sites because network characteristics are known to have a critical impact on incidental exposure (Lee and Kim, 2017).…”

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Stumbling upon the other side: Incidental learning of counter-attitudinal political information on Facebook

Lee

2018

New Media & Society

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Drawing on a panel survey and a laboratory experiment, this study investigates incidental exposure to counter-attitudinal political information on Facebook. The frequency of Facebook use is found positively associated with incidental exposure to counter-attitudinal political information, suggesting the important role of Facebook in exposing users to political disagreement. In addition, the findings of the experiment indicate that individuals coming across counter-attitudinal Facebook posts are able to recognize the information of these posts. This study suggests that incidental exposure is an important mechanism through which social media users encounter and learn about counter-attitudinal political information. Implications are discussed in terms of the influence of social media use on democracy.

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Stumbling upon the other side: Incidental learning of counter-attitudinal political information on Facebook

Lee

2018

New Media & Society

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“…Facebook (and other SNS) have been seen as promising sources of INE to assure an informed citizenry (Lee & Kim, 2017). However, the inherently social character of INE on Facebook may lead to changes in the heuristics used by citizens to decide which of the news articles that they incidentally stumble upon they will actually read.…”

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Incidental News Exposure on Facebook as a Social Experience: The Influence of Recommender and Media Cues on News Selection

Kaiser

Keller

Königslöw

2018

Communication Research

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Incidental exposure to shared news on Facebook is a vital but understudied aspect of how citizens get involved with politics. This experiment investigates the influence of recommender characteristics (tie strength, political knowledge, political similarity) and different media sources (tabloids, legacy, and digital-born outlets) including multiple mediators(e.g., social pressure, outlet credibility) on incidental exposure to political news on Facebook. A 3 × 3 multi-stimulus, between-subject Experiment with two additional quasi-factors and 135 different stimuli was conducted using a representative sample (N = 507). Results showed that strong ties and recommenders with high knowledge increase news exposure, but the impact of knowledge is limited to recommenders with similar political opinions. Similar effects occur for different media types, which also have an independent impact on news exposure. Structural equation modeling reveals that media source effects are mediated through media perceptions, whereas recommender effects work via the desire for social monitoring and perceived issue importance.

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“…A growing body of research has investigated the political role of incidental news exposure in online platforms (Fletcher & Nielsen, 2017;Kim et al, 2013;J. K. Lee & Kim, 2017;Oeldorf-Hirsch, 2018;Valeriani & Vaccari, 2016).…”

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“…For example, Fletcher and Nielsen (2017) found that incidental news exposure on social media was related to increases in online news use. J. K. Lee and Kim (2017) found that incidental exposure to banner advertisements directing subjects to online news pages increased the amount of time participants spent viewing those pages. Research has also shown the role of online incidental news exposure in directly facilitating political participation (Kim et al, 2013;Valeriani & Vaccari, 2016).…”

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Incidental News Exposure on Social Media: A Campaign Communication Mediation Approach

Yamamoto

Morey

2019

Social Media + Society

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A recent, yet already large, body of research has investigated the implications of social media use for political purposes, as this online platform has become a popular avenue for news consumption, opinion expression, and political participation (e.g., Boulianne, 2015). A unique attribute of social media is their capacity to enhance non-purposive news exposure opportunities. Social media configure a dynamic online social network where exposure to political news and information can occur beyond one's intentions. Politically inactive citizens may avoid politics, but the networked structure of social media increases the likelihood that they encounter political news and information by chance, referred to as incidental news exposure (Tewksbury, Weaver, & Maddex, 2001). Studies examining incidental news exposure on social media have demonstrated the positive benefits of unintentionally encountering political news and information online

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Incidental exposure to news: Predictors in the social media setting and effects on information gain online

Cited by 111 publications

References 38 publications

Stumbling upon the other side: Incidental learning of counter-attitudinal political information on Facebook

Stumbling upon the other side: Incidental learning of counter-attitudinal political information on Facebook

Incidental News Exposure on Facebook as a Social Experience: The Influence of Recommender and Media Cues on News Selection

Incidental News Exposure on Social Media: A Campaign Communication Mediation Approach

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