Learning from Incidental Exposure to Political Information in Online Environments

Nanz, Andreas; Matthes, Jörg

doi:10.1093/joc/jqaa031

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“…An early study on how online incidental news exposure impacts political knowledge found that incidental exposure educates the public about political affairs (Tewksbury et al, 2001). More recently, Nanz and Matthes (2020) reported that incidental exposure increases knowledge when individuals effortfully process the encountered information instead of just scanning it.…”

Section: Serendipitous Exposure and Social Mediamentioning

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From Silicon to Himalayan Valley(s): Tales of Serendipitous Exposure and Interfaith Contact on Social Media

Masood

Škorić

2023

Social Media + Society

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This study compares two adjacent remote valleys in the Himalayas of Pakistan, which only differ in terms of the availability of internet access. Using a unique methodological approach, combining a natural experiment design and an interview method, we explore the role of serendipitous exposure and interfaith contact on social media in relation to the religious majority’s knowledge about religious minorities and willingness to engage with them. We find that those who have internet access and use social media show more knowledge about and engagement with religious minorities than those who do not. Serendipitous exposure largely explains the differences—social media users do not intentionally seek information about religious minorities but still serendipitously come across it while using social media for other activities. Moreover, social media users tend to have extensive networks of social ties (i.e., Facebook friends), which frequently cut across religious lines and likely act as the main facilitators of serendipity. We argue that mediated serendipity and increased interfaith contact promoted by social media platforms are essential contributors to democratic citizenship in present-day Pakistan, where religious minorities represent a small segment of the population and often face discrimination and persecution.

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Section: Serendipitous Exposure and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

From Silicon to Himalayan Valley(s): Tales of Serendipitous Exposure and Interfaith Contact on Social Media

Masood

Škorić

2023

Social Media + Society

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“…Third, in addition to non-incidental exposure, people may also experience incidental exposure to political news (Nanz & Matthes, 2020). With the wide use of social media, people are often unconsciously and passively exposed to political news.…”

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The correlation between the Big Five personality traits and political information exposure

Yang

2022

Chinese Public Administration Review

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In the era of media convergence, Internet users’ levels of access to current political information are diverse. Based on selective exposure theory, this study employed K-means clustering and multinomial logistic regression and 2017 Chinese National Survey Data Archive data to study the correlation between the Big Five personality traits and political information exposure. The results showed that Internet users can be divided into three types, according to the frequency of their access: comprehensive, domestic modern, and apathetic. Netizens with high extroversion were correlated with regular browsing of current political information from comprehensive accesses. Those with high agreeableness were correlated with a preference for current political information as relayed by domestic modern media. Those with high levels of neuroticism were correlated with paying little attention to current political information.

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“…According to Adreas and Mathes [14], this exposure to news can be distracting and can cause people to waste time contemplating over frivolous news. Frank & Pero [12] express that such exposure to news can cause aversion to it.…”

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Detox Browser -- Towards Filtering Sensitive Content On the Web

Mathews,

Chimalakonda

2021

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The annual consumption of web based resources is increasing at a very fast rate, mainly due to increase in affordability and accessibility of the internet. Many are relying on the web to get diverse perspectives, but at the same time it can expose them to content which is harmful for their mental well-being. Catchy headlines and emotionally charged articles increase the number of readers which in turn increases ad revenue for websites. When a user consumes a large quantity of negative content , it adversely impacts the user's happiness and has a significant impact on his/her mood and state of mind. Many studies carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that people across the globe irrespective of their country of origin have experienced higher levels of anxiety and depression.Web filters can help in constructing a digital environment which is more suitable for people prone to depression, anxiety and stress.Significant amount of work has been done in the field of web filtering, but there has been limited focus on helping Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP's) or those with stress disorders induced by trauma. Through this paper, we propose Detox Browser, a simple tool that enables end users to tune out of or control their exposure to topics that can affect their mental well being. The extension makes use of sentiment analysis and keywords to filter out flagged content from google search results and warns users if any blacklisted topics are detected when navigating across websites. Demonstration of Detox Browser can be found here 1 .Concepts: • Information systems → Personalization; • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI).

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Learning from Incidental Exposure to Political Information in Online Environments

Cited by 30 publications

References 35 publications

From Silicon to Himalayan Valley(s): Tales of Serendipitous Exposure and Interfaith Contact on Social Media

From Silicon to Himalayan Valley(s): Tales of Serendipitous Exposure and Interfaith Contact on Social Media

The correlation between the Big Five personality traits and political information exposure

Detox Browser -- Towards Filtering Sensitive Content On the Web

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