Employing a national probability survey in 2012, this study tests relationships between
social media, social network service (SNS) network heterogeneity, and opinion polarization …

Building public trust and willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 is as important as
develo** an effective vaccine. However, a significant minority of the public are unwilling or …

New media technologies make it necessary for scholars to reassess mass communication
theories developed among legacy media. One such theory is the spiral of silence theory …

Using the theoretical framework of the Reinforcing Spirals Model, we examine over-time
relationships between partisan political discussion and affective political polarization using …

Using a method incorporating both survey and trace data measures, this study presented
and tested a theoretical model for understanding political expression on Facebook. The data …

Prior research has indicated that both attitudinal homogeneity of communication networks
(“echo chambers”) and attitudinal heterogeneity of communication networks (“adversarial …

Although the topic of value congruence has attracted considerable attention from
researchers and practitioners, evidence for the link between person–supervisor value …

Within the context of partisan selective exposure and attitude polarization, this study
investigates a mutually reinforcing spiral model, aiming to clarify mechanisms and boundary …

As fake news continues to abound on the Internet, the need for theorizing on the impact of
misinformation on individuals' perceptions of various social issues is dire. Using the issue of …

The last few decades have seen growing concerns among parents regarding the safety of
childhood vaccines, arguably leading to the rise of the anti-vaccine movement. This study is …