Incidental news exposure on social media and political participation gaps: unraveling the role of education and social networks

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Gil-Lopez, Teresa
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Mass media; Social sciences::Communication; Accidental News; Political Interest
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161975
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Liberal democratic contexts have been the focus of much of the existing research on the relationship between incidental exposure to news on social media and political participation gaps. There is also a limited understanding of the factors that influence the mobilizing or reinforcing role of inciden...