Social distraction? Social media use and political knowledge in two U.S. Presidential elections

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Highlights：

• General social media use has a moderately negative effect on political knowledge.

• Political social media use does not have a significant effect on political knowledge.

• On balance, the overall impact of social media on political knowledge is negative.

• Findings hold consistent across two different U.S. presidential election cycles.

摘要

•General social media use has a moderately negative effect on political knowledge.•Political social media use does not have a significant effect on political knowledge.•On balance, the overall impact of social media on political knowledge is negative.•Findings hold consistent across two different U.S. presidential election cycles.

论文关键词：Social media,Facebook,Political knowledge,Panel data

论文评审过程：Received 19 March 2018, Revised 30 July 2018, Accepted 3 August 2018, Available online 4 August 2018, Version of Record 23 August 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.006