Investigating the effects of news sharing and political interest on social media network heterogeneity
We investigated whether SNS use promotes the encounters with dissimilar ideas. Frequent SNS use entails a greater chance of interacting with heterogeneous others. News sharing activities mediate the link between SNS use and network heterogeneity. Political interest moderates the link between news sharing and network heterogeneity.
news sharing political interest network heterogeneity social networking services (snss)