Investigating the effects of news sharing and political interest on social media network heterogeneity

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Highlights：

• We investigated whether SNS use promotes the encounters with dissimilar ideas.

• Frequent SNS use entails a greater chance of interacting with heterogeneous others.

• News sharing activities mediate the link between SNS use and network heterogeneity.

• Political interest moderates the link between news sharing and network heterogeneity.

摘要

•We investigated whether SNS use promotes the encounters with dissimilar ideas.•Frequent SNS use entails a greater chance of interacting with heterogeneous others.•News sharing activities mediate the link between SNS use and network heterogeneity.•Political interest moderates the link between news sharing and network heterogeneity.

论文关键词：Social networking services (SNSs),News sharing,Network heterogeneity,Political interest

论文评审过程：Available online 10 December 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.029