A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

P Lorenz-Spreen, L Oswald, S Lewandowsky… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

[图书][B] We need to talk: How cross-party dialogue reduces affective polarization

MS Levendusky, DA Stecula - 2021 - cambridge.org
Americans today are affectively polarized: they dislike and distrust those from the opposing
political party more than they did in the past, with damaging consequences for their …

WhatsApp political discussion, conventional participation and activism: exploring direct, indirect and generational effects

H Gil de Zúñiga, A Ardèvol-Abreu… - Information …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Ordinary citizens are increasingly using mobile instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp
for politically-related activities. Compared to other 'semi-public'online platforms, WhatsApp …

[HTML][HTML] Social media filtering and democracy: Effects of social media news use and uncivil political discussions on social media unfriending

M Goyanes, P Borah, HG De Zúñiga - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
In todays' progressively polarized society, social media users are increasingly exposed to
blatant uncivil comments, dissonant views, and controversial news contents, both from their …

What's next? Six observations for the future of political misinformation research

BE Weeks, H Gil de Zúñiga - American Behavioral Scientist, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on political misinformation is booming. The field is continually gaining more key
insights about this important and complex social problem. Academic interest on …

Does campaigning on social media make a difference? Evidence from candidate use of Twitter during the 2015 and 2017 UK elections

J Bright, S Hale, B Ganesh, A Bulovsky… - Communication …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Political campaigning on social media is a core feature of contemporary democracy.
However, evidence of the effectiveness of this type of campaigning is thin. This study tests …

Antecedents and consequences of fake news exposure: A two-panel study on how news use and different indicators of fake news exposure affect media trust

S Lee, H Gil de Zúñiga, K Munger - Human Communication …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Despite abundant studies on “fake news,” the long-term consequences have been less
explored. In this context, this study examines the dynamic relationship between traditional …

Pathways to political persuasion: Linking online, social media, and fake news with political attitude change through political discussion

H Gil de Zúñiga… - American Behavioral …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a vast research tradition examining the antecedents that lead people to be
politically persuaded. However, political opinion and attitude change in social media has …

Promoting the integration of technology in teaching: An analysis of the factors that increase the intention to use technologies among Italian teachers

L Menabò, A Sansavini, A Brighi… - Journal of computer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The rapid spread of COVID‐19 forced many countries to adopt severe
containment measures, transferring all didactic activities into virtual environments. However …

Learning from disagreement on social media: The mediating role of like-minded and cross-cutting discussion and the moderating role of fact-checking

H Lin, Y Kim - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Social networking sites (SNSs) have the potential to be effective in facilitating exposure to
disagreement. However, whether exposure to disagreement leads to fostering democratic …