When Social Media Get Political: How Perceptions of Open-Mindedness Influence Political Expression on Facebook
The use of social media for developing and maintaining relationships can offer a gateway for users to open up and express their political views. Building on previous literature on the “spillover effect” in which relational use of social media motivates political expression, this study examines the c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-06-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120919382 |