Cross-cutting exposure on social networking sites: The effects of SNS discussion disagreement on political participation

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Highlights:

• We investigated how SNS discussion disagreement relates to political participation.

• SNS discussion disagreement inhibits online and offline political participation.

• SNS political discussion mediates the link between disagreement and participation.

• Frequency of SNS news use moderates the mediating effect of political discussion.

摘要

•We investigated how SNS discussion disagreement relates to political participation.•SNS discussion disagreement inhibits online and offline political participation.•SNS political discussion mediates the link between disagreement and participation.•Frequency of SNS news use moderates the mediating effect of political discussion.

论文关键词:Social media,Discussion,Disagreement,News use,Participation

论文评审过程:Received 23 September 2015, Revised 22 January 2016, Accepted 23 January 2016, Available online 6 February 2016, Version of Record 6 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.030