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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 …
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What does "being informed" mean? Assessing social media users’ self-concepts of informedness
In recent years, much research has—more or less candidly—asked whether the use of social media platforms is “making us dumber” …
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Patterns of incivility on U.S. congress members’ social media accounts: A comprehensive analysis of the influence of platform, post, and person characteristics
With social media now being ubiquitously used by citizens and political actors, concerns over the incivility of interactions on these …
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Verarbeitung politischer Informationen
Das Kapitel gibt einen Überblick über Theorien und Modelle zur Verarbeitung politischer Informationen. Zunächst werden wesentliche …
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The Matthew Effect in social media news use: Assessing inequalities in news exposure and news engagement on social network sites (SNS)
Social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become a key part of online users? news diets. On social network sites, even …
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Online and (the feeling of being) informed: Online news usage patterns and their relation to subjective and objective political knowledge
As online news today is an important source of political information and available in vast quantities, understanding its use and its …
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Kann Instagram auch Politik? Beeinflussung der Informationsnutzung und Effekte für die Meinungsbildung durch politische Inhalte
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Popularity cues in online media: A review of conceptualizations, operationalizations, and general effects
Internet users are constantly confronted with metric information about the popularity of goods, services, and content. These popularity …
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Die Darstellung von Politikern auf YouTube. Die Rolle von Humor in der Politikvermittlung
Die Entwicklung der Mediennutzung in Deutschland ist ungebrochen und scheint permanent zuzunehmen (vgl. van Eimeren/Ridder 2011). …
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Zwischen Bundestagsdebakeln und bitterer Ironie. Die Rolle von Humor bei der Darstellung von Politikern auf YouTube.
Während das Fernsehen immer stärker an Bedeutung verliert, spielen Videoplattformen wie YouTube in der Mediennutzung Heranwachsender …
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