Making retweeting social: The influence of content and context information on sharing news in Twitter

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Highlights:

• Two studies investigate criteria of content and context on sharing news in Twitter.

• Both informational value and agent awareness influence the retweeting of news.

• The influence of awareness is mediated by the perceived importance of the news.

• Influences are moderated by the reference to a salient in-group.

摘要

•Two studies investigate criteria of content and context on sharing news in Twitter.•Both informational value and agent awareness influence the retweeting of news.•The influence of awareness is mediated by the perceived importance of the news.•Influences are moderated by the reference to a salient in-group.

论文关键词:Agent awareness,Informational value,News,Retweeting,Social navigation,Twitter

论文评审过程:Available online 22 January 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.005