Information systems such as social media strongly influence public opinion formation.
Additionally, communication on the internet is shaped by individuals and organisations with …

This article critically examines long-term media effects in communication research. Focusing
on news exposure, the purpose is to provide a review and theoretical conceptualization of …

The spiral of silence theory suggests that those who hold a contrary opinion to the majority
tend to remain silent; however, social media may be flipping this upside down. The majority …

The reinforcing spirals model (RSM) has two primary purposes. First, the RSM provides a
general framework for conceptualizing media use as part of a dynamic, endogenous …

So-called “influencers” increasingly use their popularity on social media to raise their voice
to promote political topics such as climate change, human rights, or party politics. As digital …

We propose a new way of imagining and measuring opinions emerging from social media.
As people tend to connect with like-minded others and express opinions in response to …

Selective exposure to likeminded political viewpoints on algorithmic social media platforms
is considered a potential source of polarization of public opinion. We still know little about …

This study explores the geographic dependencies of echo-chamber communication on
Twitter during the Brexit campaign. We review the evidence positing that online interactions …

This study investigates the overall topic compositions and traces of right-wing populist
partisanship in the content structures of German-language digital alternative news outlets …

We analyze short-term media trust changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, their
ideological drivers and consequences based on panel data in German-speaking …