News sharing

News sharing on social media

The emergence of social media platforms has empowered everyday users to assume a more prominent role in the dissemination of …

Worth to share? How content characteristics and article competitiveness influence news sharing on social network sites

We investigated how sharing performance on Facebook and Twitter is influenced both by news articles’ content characteristics and the …

Getting tagged, getting involved with news? A mixed-methods investigation of the effects and motives of news-related tagging activities on social network sites

Coming across news on social network sites (SNS) largely depends on news-related activities in one’s network. Although there are many …

Why users share the news: A theory of reasoned action-based study on the antecedents of news-sharing behavior

Social media have become an integral part of online news use, affecting how individuals find, consume, and share news. By applying the …

Implicit and explicit attitudes as predictors of gatekeeping, selective exposure, and news sharing: Testing a general model of media-related selection

Media-related selection (MRS) is an umbrella concept for selection processes such as gatekeeping by journalists, selective exposure by …

News sharing in social media: A review of current research on news sharing users, content, and networks

This article provides a review of scientific, peer-reviewed articles that examine the relationship between news sharing and social …