The politics of “Unfriending”: User filtration in response to political disagreement on social media

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Highlights：

• A study of unfriending in response to political disagreement in Colombia.

• Exposure to political disagreement on social media is related to using social media for news and public affairs content.

• The amount of political disagreement a social media user encounters is not related to unfriending a contact.

• Unfriending a contact is predicted by number of friends and time spent on social media platforms.

摘要

•A study of unfriending in response to political disagreement in Colombia.•Exposure to political disagreement on social media is related to using social media for news and public affairs content.•The amount of political disagreement a social media user encounters is not related to unfriending a contact.•Unfriending a contact is predicted by number of friends and time spent on social media platforms.

论文关键词：Social media,Unfriending,Hiding,Social media user filtration,Political disagreement,Selective exposure

论文评审过程：Received 15 December 2015, Revised 20 December 2016, Accepted 28 December 2016, Available online 29 December 2016, Version of Record 1 January 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.079