The effects of news consumption via social media and news information overload on perceptions of journalistic norms and practices

Social network sites and acquiring current affairs knowledge: The impact of Twitter and Facebook usage on learning about the news

“…In sum, the expectations about SNS in general are mixed and this is also reflected in the literature. Whereas some studies found positive effects of social network use (Beam, Hutchens, & Hmielowski, 2016;Lee & Oh, 2013;Yoo & Gil de Zúñiga, 2014), others found negative or null effects (Dimitrova et al, 2014;Gil de Zúñiga, Weeks, & Ardèvol-Abreu, 2017;Lee et al, 2017;Shehata & Strömbäck, 2018). Besides differences in research design (i.e., ability to disentangle causality) or operationalizations of knowledge, the contradictions in findings may partly relate to the measurement of independent variables (Ohme, 2018): Logically, general time measurements yield less positive findings than those measurements that tap the intention to acquire information online.…”

“…The inherent "pull-media nature of the Internet" (Ancu & Cozma, 2009, p. 569) makes it less likely than in the traditional media that citizens are confronted with content that is not of their primary interest (Bonfadelli, 2002). As many citizens use social networking sites mainly to stay up-to-date about social relationships (Hughes et al, 2012), the amount of news one sees will be limited and the time spend on these platforms could even replace the time that is spent on following the news (Lee, Lindsey, & Kim, 2017).…”

“…By still accidentally being confronted with news items in their timelines that friends share or retweet, they are likely to develop a "news-finds-me perception" (Gil de Zúñiga et al, 2017) together with a feeling of already being sufficiently informed (Müller et al, 2016). Hence, social media usage may further discourage uninterested citizens to expose themselves to news coverage (Lee et al, 2017), which probably results in negative consequences for the amount of current affairs knowledge that these citizens eventually will acquire (Gil de Zúñiga et al, 2017). Moreover, with regards to the news to which people are (accidentally) exposed on social network sites, the interested citizens will be better able to understand, store and memorize this.…”

Solution for Information Overload Using Faceted Search–A Review

“…Lee, et al [131] examined the relationships between accessing information through social media (NASM), IO (NIO), news consumption and journalistic expectations of norms and practices. Results showed that the relationship between NASM and limited access and NASM and willingness to pay for high-quality data was moderated by NIO.…”

Circadian Rhythms and Social Media Information-Sharing

“…Second, increased engagement and energy are associated with an individual's willingness to engage in challenging behaviors [18]. Communication via social media changes the nature of communication, wherein individuals must decide which communications to ignore, which to prioritize, and which to share with others [22,30]. More complex communications increase mental load for the recipient [31], increasing the pressure on specific intrinsic and extrinsic rewards [23].…”