Blurred lines: Defining social, news, and political posts on Facebook

被引:33
作者
Vraga, Emily K. [1 ]
Bode, Leticia [2 ]
Smithson, Anne-Bennett [1 ]
Troller-Renfree, Sonya [3 ]
机构
[1] George Mason Univ, Dept Commun, 329A Robinson Hall A,MS 3D6,4400 Univ Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[2] George Mason Univ, Commun Culture & Technol Program, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
关键词
Measurement; news use; political information; social media; uses and gratifications;
D O I
10.1080/19331681.2016.1160265
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Although a growing body of literature examines exposure to social, news, and political information via social media, we have little understanding of how users delineate these categories. In this study, we develop over 100 discrete Facebook stimuli varying these topics, and then test to what extent and which users match our definition of those posts. Our results suggest that users and researchers often agree on defining social and political content, but are more likely to disagree on categorizing news content. Therefore, researchers should carefully define all concepts-especially news- when considering prevalence and effects on social media users.
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页码:272 / 294
页数:23
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