Shared identity and shared information in social media: Development and validation of the identity bubble reinforcement scale

M Kaakinen, A Sirola, I Savolainen… - Media Psychology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Social media facilitates the formation of identity bubbles that reinforce shared identities,
social homophily, and reliance on the information shared within the bubbles. Currently …

Free speech and safe spaces: How moderation policies shape online discussion spaces

A Gibson - Social Media+ Society, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
How do moderation policies affect online discussion? This article analyzes nearly a quarter
of a million anonymous comments over a 14-month period from two online Reddit forums …

Unpacking the complex interactions among customers in online fan pages

A Farmaki, H Olya, B Taheri - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Using the theories of complexity and the spiral of silence, this paper aims to understand how
combinations of perceived news, brand gender, and participation explain conditions leading …

Issues, involvement, and influence: Effects of selective exposure and sharing on polarization and participation

BK Johnson, RL Neo, MEM Heijnen, L Smits… - Computers in Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although research has amply demonstrated that people exhibit confirmatory biases
associated with exposure and information sharing on social media, there is a lack of …

To comment or not to comment: Examining the influences of anonymity and social support on one's willingness to express in online news discussions

TY Wu, DJ Atkin - New Media & Society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the effects of online anonymity and different sources of social influence
on the Spiral of Silence phenomenon in online news discussions about abortion. The results …

Click here to look clever: Self-presentation via selective sharing of music and film on social media

BK Johnson, G Ranzini - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Sharing mass media content through social network sites has become a prevalent practice
that provides individuals with social utility and cultural capital. This behavior is examined …

Resilient consensus for expressed and private opinions

Y Shang - IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes an opinion formation model featuring both a private and an expressed
opinion for a given topic over dynamical networks. Each individual in the network has a …

Self-esteem moderates the influence of self-presentation style on Facebook users' sense of subjective well-being

WE Jang, EP Bucy, J Cho - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the extent to which self-esteem moderates the influence of self-
presentation style (true self versus strategic self) on Facebook users' subjective well-being …

Understanding the online relationship between politicians and citizens. A study on the user engagement of politicians' Facebook posts in election and routine periods

J Peeters, M Opgenhaffen, T Kreutz… - Journal of information …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social media have offered politicians a way to reach a broader audience and citizens a
dynamic way to respond and interact with politicians' communication. In this study we focus …

Social media in politics: how to drive engagement and strengthen relationships

A Abid, P Harrigan, S Wang, SK Roy… - Journal of Marketing …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Marketing researchers have devoted considerable attention to marketer-generated content
(MGC), social media engagement behaviour (SMEB) and online relationships. Prior studies …