Who creates the bandwagon? The dynamics of fear of isolation, opinion congruency and anonymity-preference on social media in the 2017 South Korean presidential election

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Highlights：

• A new approach to FOI that incorporates the characteristics of social media.

• Online characteristics include opinion congruency-seeking and anonymity-preference.

• FOI was associated with `opinion congruency as well as anonymity-preference.

• FOI was further associated with social media use for political engagement (SMPE).

• In relation to increased SMPE, FOI could prompt offline political engagement.

摘要

•A new approach to FOI that incorporates the characteristics of social media.•Online characteristics include opinion congruency-seeking and anonymity-preference.•FOI was associated with `opinion congruency as well as anonymity-preference.•FOI was further associated with social media use for political engagement (SMPE).•In relation to increased SMPE, FOI could prompt offline political engagement.

论文关键词：Fear of isolation,Opinion congruency,Bandwagon effect,Social media,Political expression,Political engagement,Social media

论文评审过程：Received 24 September 2017, Revised 3 April 2018, Accepted 6 April 2018, Available online 10 April 2018, Version of Record 27 April 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.012