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Studies on misinformation often overlook people’s assessment of true information, focusing instead on beliefs in and sharing of false content. This is problematic, as it limits scholars’ ability to produce […]
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Amongst growing public concern about climate change, right-wing populist actors often dismiss environmental concerns as part of an elitist, transnational agenda. At the same time, so-called alternative news media play […]
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Understanding trust in experts and scientists is crucial, especially in testing the challenges posed by pre- and post-pandemic realities. Establishing trust in experts, scientists, and institutions is beset by challenges, […]
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In recent years, affective polarization has reached issues that were (at least previously) considered apolitical (see Rudolph & Hetherington. Affective polarization in political and nonpolitical settings. International Journal of Public […]
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Climate change’s dire effects call for fostering a belief in it through accurate information. This research investigates how YouTube, enabling selective and like-minded information exposure, influences climate change beliefs based […]
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Using two-wave U.S. survey data, this study investigates the factors influencing an individual’s social media engagement in the context of Lyft’s opposition to the Texas abortion ban and its legal […]
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Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership
Understanding how political leaders use social media during election campaigns is a growing area of research, with existing literature focussing on single-election examinations of platform usage (Smith 2021). This paper […]
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The low and declining level of political trust in the UK is well documented but less is known about how citizens form trust judgements and how politicians can influence perceptions […]
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The generation of online conversations depend on participants’ ability to engage others. Existing approaches to measuring conversational influence rely on limited metrices, such as the number of ‘likes’ and ‘shares’. […]
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The present study sought to explore the distinct discourse norms and evidentiary practices in discussions of COVID-19 in four subcommunities on Reddit. Qualitative analysis found that communities differed in the […]
