Longitudinal studies: tough to conduct but super informative. @SangwonLee_Comm & @MikeXenos show reciprocal effects among incidental exposure, political participation, & political social media use. In short: exposure effects not as strong as suspec
New research from our affiliate @MikeXenos published in New Media and Society investigates the causal link between stumbling upon news about politics on social media and political participation. https://t.co/FV4cUbAJnG
"While the relationship between incidental news exposure and political participation is reciprocal, the participation-to-incidental news exposure path exerted a stronger effect than the reverse path" https://t.co/lixy6dia3o