In this paper, we examine which content characteristics lead to increased sharing of political
information on social media, and which role political ideology has in user sharing behavior …

Highlights•A classification of key research on political communication on Twitter.•Nuances of
political communication are hard to capture through quantitative methods.•Contextual study …

Nonprofits use social media to pursue a broad range of mission-related outcomes. Given the
centrality of user connections and social networks on these sites, attaining these outcomes …

This study examined the echo chamber phenomenon and opinion leadership on Twitter
based on the 2016 US presidential election. Network analysis and 'big data'analytics were …

Las redes sociales han visto crecer la figura del influencer como un nuevo modelo de líder
de opinión que debe combinar la gestión de su marca perso nal con el rol de prescriptor …

This paper examines the 167 scholarly journal articles published from 1990 to 2020 related
to persuasive effects of online opinion leaders and social media influencers. The USA …

Past studies have shown positive relationships between use of social network sites (SNSs)
and political engagement, but an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the …

Social media posts incorporate real-time information that has, elsewhere, been exploited to
predict social trends. This paper considers whether such information can be useful in …

In the absence of clear, consistent guidelines about the COVID-19 pandemic in the United
States, many people use social media to learn about the virus, public health directives …

In social networks with mixed trust and distrust relationships, polarization is a common class
of opinion evolutionary phenomena. Existing studies have generally believed that structural …