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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Slgi S. Lee, Daniel S. Lane, Nojin Kwak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-06-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120919382