In social media effects research, the role of specific social media content is understudied, in
part attributable to the fact that communication science previously lacked methods to access …

The use of individual-level browsing data, that is, the records of a person's visits to online
content through a desktop or mobile browser, is of increasing importance for social …

Social media have long been studied from platform‐centric perspectives, which entail
sampling messages based on criteria such as keywords and specific accounts. In contrast …

With the steady closure of local newspapers, news consumers increasingly turn to
community forums and neighborhood apps to fill the information void. This study investigates …

While recent work has studied the determinants of alternative news consumption, we know
little about how alternative news exposure does, consequently, shape individuals' political …

In local and global contexts, the link between individual news consumption and beneficial or
harmful effects is debated. Some communication theories posit that individuals must stay up …

At the same time, there is more local information available online, both from local media and
from other sources, as the share of digital outlets expands [60]. Local news television and …