One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

In digital news environments, incidental news exposure (INE) refers to coming across news
when online for other reasons. In this systematic sco** review, conducted to summarize …

Social media has been implicated in the proliferation of fabricated news narratives posing as
professional journalism. In response, scholars have prioritized the study of the antecedents …

Research revolving social media and democracy has exploded. For almost two decades,
scholarship has offered new theories, revisited some old ones, and provided empirical …

This study explores the role of the news-finds-me (NFM) perception—the belief that people
can be well-informed without actively seeking news due to their social networks—in …

There has been a growing interest in the impact of incidental news exposure on audiences
as using social media as a source of news is becoming increasingly common practice. This …

Background Citizens are expected to make informed voting decisions. Theoretical
approaches suggest that people are most likely to acquire their political knowledge through …

ABSTRACT News-finds-me (NFM) perception is a belief that, in the era of social media,
individuals can remain adequately well-informed about current events even if they do not …

In an ambient news environment, people often believe that they can be well-informed
without actively seeking news, resulting in the “news-finds-me”(NFM) perception …

Individuals harboring perceptions that the “news will find me”(NFM) tend to be less active
consuming traditional media, preferring news online and on social media. NFM has also …