Do social media undermine social cohesion? A critical review

S González‐Bailón, Y Lelkes - Social Issues and Policy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

No echo in the chambers of political interactions on Reddit

G De Francisci Morales, C Monti, M Starnini - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Echo chambers in online social networks, whereby users' beliefs are reinforced by
interactions with like-minded peers and insulation from others' points of view, have been …

Brevity is the soul of Twitter: The constraint affordance and political discussion

K Jaidka, A Zhou, Y Lelkes - Journal of Communication, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Many hoped that social networking sites would allow for the open exchange of information
and a revival of the public sphere. Unfortunately, conversations on social media are often …

Quick, community-specific learning: How distinctive toxicity norms are maintained in political subreddits

A Rajadesingan, P Resnick, C Budak - Proceedings of the International …, 2020 - ojs.aaai.org
Online communities about similar topics may maintain very different norms of interaction.
Past research identifies many processes that contribute to maintaining stable norms …

Cognitive and affective responses to political disinformation in Facebook

A Barfar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
The epidemic of political disinformation in social media has in part triggered the transition to
the post-truth era in which emotional and ideological appeals are more influential in sha** …

Deny or bolster? A comparative study of crisis communication strategies between Trump and Cuomo in COVID-19

Y Tian, J Yang - Public Relations Review, 2022 - Elsevier
This study applied the situational crisis communication theory (SCCT) in political crisis
communication amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, a “sticky crisis” that is longitudinal and …

A characterization of political communities on reddit

A Soliman, J Hafer, F Lemmerich - … of the 30th ACM conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The social news aggregator Reddit is among the most popular websites on the internet.
Many online users use the platform to anonymously share and discuss (mostly US-centric) …

The language of extremism on social media: An examination of posts, comments, and themes on Reddit

D Hiaeshutter-Rice, I Hawkins - Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Digital media give the public a voice to discuss or share their thoughts about political and
social events. However, these discussions can often include language that contributes to …

Rousing the partisan combatant: Elite incivility, anger, and antideliberative attitudes

BT Gervais - Political Psychology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The claim that elite political incivility can rouse partisan, antideliberative attitudes has many
adherents, but the empirical record demonstrating a relationship is surprisingly limited. Yet …

Trum** hate on Twitter? Online hate speech in the 2016 US election campaign and its aftermath

AA Siegel, E Nikitin, P Barberá… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
To what extent did online hate speech and white nationalist rhetoric on Twitter increase over
the course of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election campaign and its immediate …