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Older adults’ information use on social media: The role of psychological needs and personality traits

This study explores how basic psychological needs and personality traits relate to the types of information that older adults use on …

Visual attention to mobilizing political social media posts: An eye-tracking study

This study employs an eye-tracking experiment with Instagram posts to explore how (political) actors can capture users’ attention with …

Young adults’ information needs, use, and understanding in the context of Instagram: A multi-method study

The use of information has changed in recent years—particularly among young adults, for whom social media are now the most important …

Instagram and political campaigning in the 2017 German federal election. A quantitative content analysis of German top politicians’ and parliamentary parties’ posts

This article compares the communication strategies of party and candidate accounts on Instagram during the 2017 German federal …

Kann Instagram auch Politik? Beeinflussung der Informationsnutzung und Effekte für die Meinungsbildung durch politische Inhalte

Instagram ist das soziale Medium für die 18-bis 24-Jährigen, das am häufigsten für Nachrichteninhalte verwendet wird. Aber kann …